No MRSA in UK pigs

Link: Defra acts on MRSA in animals threat.

A Dutch microbiologist, Sander Leenders, called for research to be extended to all Holland's livestock sectors. The bacteria has been found in several people working on poultry farms. In the United Kingdom, Defra says MRSA (Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is an emerging issue in veterinary medicine. But though it has been isolated from dairy cows, pigs and chickens outside the United Kingdom there is no current evidence that food-producing animals form a reservoir of infection in this country. The organism has not been detected in farmed livestock in this country.