Human MRSA found in pigsty
Photo: Hanne Mari Jordsmyr.
A Meticilin Resistant bacteria (MRSA) was established in the middle of June in a sample from a pigsty. Further investigations on the bacteria found show that it is a human MRSA among the most common you find amongst people in Europe.
The MRSA-bacteria does not pose a health threath to the animals and can not be transferred through food. The animal variety of the MRSA-bacteria, which is common amongst swine in the Netherlands and some other european countries, is not found in Norway as of yet.
For more information on the surveillance of MRSA in Norway contact;
Marianne Sunde, researcher, Section for Bacteriology.
E-mail: marianne.sunde@vetinst.no
