Animal Health

FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO CAMPYLOBACTER IN CHICKEN -EFSA-2010-

EFSA has published an evaluation of factors that may contribute to the spread of Campylobacter in live chickens and chicken carcasses in the European Union.

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SURVEY ON THE PREVALENCE OF MRSA IN HOLDINGS WITH BREEDING PIGS

EFSA has published an evaluation of factors that may contribute to the spread of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in pig holdings in the European Union. EFSA recommends that more information is gathered at national level on those factors that put pig holdings at risk of infection with MRSA and on the measures that can prevent its spread. http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/scdocs/doc/1597.pdf

SCIENTIFIC OPINION ON Q FEVER -EFSA-2010-

Infection with Coxiella burnetii (the causal agent of Q fever) is endemic in domestic ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats) in most, if not all, EU MS. Although infection in domestic ruminants is common, disease is rare.

Regarding disease control, the opinion focused on control options applicable to domestic ruminants, and on the effectiveness of these options to reduce within-herd transmission, between-herd spread (each in domestic ruminant populations), and/or the spillover of infection from domestic ruminants to humans.

There is no conclusive evidence that the consumption of milk and milk products containing C. burnetii has resulted in clinical Q fever in humans.

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