Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Factors driving the emergence and persistence of multidrug resistance-encoding plasmids in the swine environment
February 16, 2014By Timothy Johnson
This study examined the impact of subtherapeutic and therapautic levels of chlortetracycline in feed on the selection and dissemination...
Public Health - Other
Animal and Human Health Implications of Livestock Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
January 1, 2014By Peter Davies
The apparently recent emergence of ST398 MRSA in livestock populations in many countries is a valid cause of consternation, and the public health implications need to be...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Critical appraisal of evidence that low-dose, long term (growth promotion) antimicrobial use augments public health risks from antimicrobial resistant organisms
December 10, 2013By Peter Davies
Antimicrobials are important tools for ensuring the health, welfare and productivity of pigs raised for food. Banning of antimicrobial growth promotant use in Denmark, and subsequently more widely in...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Monitoring of Antimicrobial Resistance in Food Animal Production: Partnership between National Antimicrobial resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and Academia
October 3, 2013By Wondwossen Gebreyes
Collaborative partners including four Universities (Ohio State, Minnesota, North Carolina State and Iowa State), industry and federal...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Occurrence and Movement of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Tile-Drained Agricultural Fields Receiving Swine Manure Application
September 20, 2013By Michelle Soupir
The use of antibiotics by the swine industry to increase production efficiency and treat disease is thought to contribute to antibiotic resistance in the environment. When manure from hog operations...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Influence of on-site manure storage and land application strategy on the fate and transport of antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance genes in the environment
October 1, 2012By Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of manure storage on antimicrobial and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in swine manure and to quantify the transport of these constituents in...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Impact of ceftiofur use on the dissemination of resistant enteric bacteria in finishing swine populations
August 10, 2012By Thomas Wittum
The antibiotics Exceed and Excenel are two formulations of the cephalosporin drug ceftiofur that are commonly used to treat finishing pigs in the US. Our object was to understand the relationship...
Public Health - MRSA
Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) in Pigs and Farm Workers
June 26, 2012By Bayleyegn Molla
This study was conducted to characterize specific bacteria known as methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolated from pigs and farm workers. The antimicrobial susceptibilities of the...
Public Health - Influenza
Optimization of Ante mortem methods for surveillance of swine influenza infection
May 1, 2012By Christa Irwin
The objective of this research was to compare the detection of influenza virus A in nasal swabs vs. pen-based oral fluids. In addition, this study evaluated the impact of vaccination on IAV shedding...
Public Health - MRSA
MRSA resistance to thermal processes commonly used with pork and pork products
April 1, 2012By James S. Dickson
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been linked to livestock production (referred to as Livestock Associated or LA-MRSA). The bacterium has been found in some swine herds as well...
