Livestock-associated MRSA detected in pigs in great Britain

Veterinary Record

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 151-152

  Hall, Simon ^a   Kearns, Angela ^b   Eckford, Suzanne ^c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Veterinary Medicines Directorate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84922572204     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: 20427670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.h627     Document Type: Letter

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