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Ten years later: still a high prevalence of MRSA in slaughter pigs despite a significant reduction in antimicrobial usage in pigs the Netherlands.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2016
Dierikx Cindy M, Hengeveld Paul D, Veldman Kees T, de Haan Angela, van der Voorde Sanne, Dop Petra Y, Bosch Thijs, van Duijkeren Engeline
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OBJECTIVES: In 2005, 39% of pigs and 81% of the slaughter batches at Dutch slaughterhouses were MRSA positive. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether the 50% reduction of antimicrobial usage in finishing pigs in 2014 compared with 2009 in the Netherlands has led to a lower MRSA prevalence among Dutch slaughter pigs. METHODS: Nasal swabs from eight slaughter batches of on average 10 animals...
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