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ABSTRACT
Researchers, veterinary and health care practitioners, and agricultural producers gathered in Johnston, Iowa, to attend the eighth annual Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety and Health Forum (MRASH), November 2009. Among several focus areas, four plenary talks were given on the current research being conducted examining methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on swine farms in the United States. These focused on prevalence of MRSA on farms, both in swine and in human workers; the presence of MRSA in air samples and in swine barn shower facilities; and the presence of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus in retail meats. These findings begin to elucidate the overall picture of livestock-associated MRSA in the Midwestern United States.
This work was supported by start-up funds from the University of Iowa; the National Pork Board; and the Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety. The funding source had no influence on study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; the writing of the report; or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
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Ethical considerations—protection of human subjects and animals: The authors obtained University of Iowa Institutional Review Board-01 (IRB) and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval for this study prior to commencement. All subjects were provided with informed consent documents and offered the chance to ask questions about the research prior to signing the consent document and providing biological samples and questionnaire data.