Dynamics of MRSA carriage in veal calves: A longitudinal field study

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 180-186

  Graveland, Haitske ^a   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^b,c   Verstappen, Koen M H W ^b   Oosting van Schothorst, Isabella ^a   Heederik, Dick J J ^a   Bos, Marian E H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carriage; Longitudinal study; MRSA; Persistence determinants; Veal calves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NOSE MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL MUCOSA; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84868212373     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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