Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) -- Fravel et al. 169 (6): 155 -- Veterinary Record.
MRSA has been isolated from most domestic animal species. Strains isolated from dogs and cats are usually human-associated strains ( Loeffler and Lloyd 2010), whereas MRSA isolates from horses vary genetically from common human isolates. Food animals are often infected with a unique MRSA lineage that has evolved independently from common human S aureus clones ( Loeffler and Lloyd 2010). Strains have also been isolated from wild and captive marine mammals ( Faires and others 2009, Schaefer and others 2009). Following the isolation of MRSA from the blowhole of a bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus …
