MRSA in Danish pigs – what can we learn?

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration has just published a MRSA risk assessment, which really includes some disturbing information on the rapidly growing incidence of infection in recent years in pig farms and associated human cases. EFSA (European Food Safety Authority – 2009) published a report on a Baseline Survey of the prevalence of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in the EU, for 2008, in breeding holdings (producers of breeding stock) and production herds (p