Presence of foodborne pathogens, extended-spectrum β-lactamase -producing Enterobacteriaceae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in slaughtered reindeer in northern Finland and Norway

• Main Authors: Laaksonen, Sauli, Oksanen, Antti, Julmi, Jérôme, Zweifel, Claudio, Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Maria, Stephan, Roger
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2017
• Subjects: ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae; Listeria monocytogenes; MRSA; Reindeer fecal samples; Salmonella; Shiga toxin genes; Yersinia; Norway; Slaughter; Fennoscandia; Northern Finland; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://www.actavetscand.com/content/59/1/2

Abstract Background Various food-producing animals were recognized in recent years as healthy carriers of bacterial pathogens causing human illness. In northern Fennoscandia, the husbandry of semi-domesticated reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus tarandus ) is a traditional livelihood and meat is the main p...