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Genetic diversity of livestock-associated MRSA isolates obtained from piglets from farrowing until slaughter age on four farrow-to-finish farms.
Veterinary research - 13 Sept 2014
Verhegghe Marijke, Crombé Florence, Pletinckx Larissa J, Haesebrouck Freddy, Butaye Patrick, Herman Lieve, Heyndrickx Marc, Rasschaert Geertrui
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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 typed by multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA), Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE), spa...
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