The discovery of methicillin-resistant Staphylocccus aureus (MRSA) in Ontario pigs and pig workers is raising alarm bells in the medical and public health communities that pig-associated MRSAs might extend out into the general population.
by S ERNEST SANFORD
Recently, a mini-media frenzy erupted over a publication by researchers at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), University of Guelph, who had reported the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylocccus aureus (MRSA) in a high percentage of pigs and pig farmers in a survey of Ontario swine herds.