MRSA in pigs – quo vadis?

Next month the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) is meant to report on their EU-wide survey of pig farms to determine the extent of the MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) problem. What do we expect and what could be the ramifications for the pig industry? MRSA does not represent a major problem in pigs themselves, the bacterium can live in the nasal passages quite happily without apparently causing any severe problems to the pig. The main problem is that if the dust from inf