Genetic diversity of livestock-associated MRSA isolates obtained from piglets from farrowing until slaughter age on four farrow-to-finish farms

During a previous longitudinal study, performed on four farrow-to-finish farms (A to D), samples were taken from twelve sows, their offspring, and the environment on various occasions over six months to study the MRSA presence. During the present study, a selection of the obtained MRSA isolates were...

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Main Authors: Verhegghe, Marijke, Crombé, Florence, Pletinckx, Larissa J, Haesebrouck, Freddy, Butaye, Patrick, Herman, Lieve, Heyndrickx, Marc, Rasschaert, Geertrui
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189174/