This report from the Technical University of Denmark, says it all really – the superbug in livestock
crisis deepens, and in one of Europe’s most important pig producers.
Everyone else is not only owning up to a human health
problem ignored by Britain’s hopeless state veterinary service, but trying to
quantify and protect the population from agricultural excess and veterinary mismanagement.
For Danes, living as they do off a hog's back, that is a lot
tougher than it would be to devious Defra: Britain’s infamous and dangerous agricultural
ministry.
...“The
continued increase in the number of cases of MRSA, particularly in people who
are in contact with pigfarms, causes problems both for those affected and for
the healthcare system,” explains Areahead, MD Robert Skov from Statens Serum
Institut...
...Contact
to pigs has been included as a risk factor for MRSA, and patients are asked
about contact to pigs when admitted to hospital...
...Compared
to 2011, the number of MRSA-positive pigs for slaughter has increased
significantly: From 44% in 2011 to 77% in 2012...
More and more Danes
infected with MRSA bacteria
In
2012, 1,556 Danes were found positive with methicillin-resistant staphylococci
- MRSA. This represents an increase of 20% from 2011. In fact, the total number
of cases has almost doubled since 2009. MRSA bacteria are resistant to
antimicrobial agents that are essential for treatment of treating
life-threatening infections in humans...
...The figures are from the 2012 DANMAP report—the 17th time this report has been
published. Each year, the DANMAP report accounts for the use of antimicrobial
agents and the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in animals, food and
humans. The organisations behind DANMAP are National Food Institute, National
Veterinary Institute, both at the Technical University of Denmark and Statens
Serum Institut. The DANMAP report is prepared by National Food Institute and
Statens Serum Institut
The
DANMAP report is available in PDF format at http://www.danmap.org/Downloads/Reports.aspx
