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, S, Oksanen, A, Julmi, J, Zweifel, Claudio, Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Maria, Stephan, Roger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2017
• Subjects: Institute of Food Safety and Hygiene; 570 Life sciences; biology; 610 Medicine & health; ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae; Listeria monocytogenes; MRSA; Reindeer fecal samples; Salmonella; Shiga toxin genes; Yersinia; Norway; Slaughter; Fennoscandia; Northern Finland; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/148739/

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...