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

• Published in: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
• Main Authors: Laaksonen, Sauli, Oksanen, Antti, Julmi, Jerome, Zweifel, Claudio, Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Maria, Stephan, Roger
• Other Authors: Departments of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Biosciences, Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa / Principal Investigator
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2017
• Subjects: ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae; Listeria monocytogenes; MRSA; Reindeer fecal samples; Salmonella; Shiga toxin genes; Yersinia; SEMI-DOMESTICATED REINDEER; ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157; LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES; YERSINIA-ENTEROCOLITICA; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; RANGIFER-TARANDUS; PROCESSING PLANTS; SALMONELLA SPP; UNITED-STATES; ORGANISMS; 413 Veterinary science; Norway; Slaughter; Fennoscandia; Northern Finland; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/182592

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 product. Th...