Cohort study for the presence of livestock-associated MRSA in piglets: Effect of sow status at farrowing and determination of the piglet colonization age

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 679-686

  Verhegghe, Marijke ^a,b   Pletinckx, Larissa J ^c,d   Crombé, Florence ^a,b   Van Weyenberg, Stephanie ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^b   Butaye, Patrick ^b,e   Heyndrickx, Marc ^a,b   Rasschaert, Geertrui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Catholic University College South West Flanders KATHO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colonization age; LA MRSA; Pigs; Sow status

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVESTOCK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PIGLET; PROGENY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOW (SWINE);

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREGNANCY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84872494459     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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