| echinococcus granulosus infection in spain. | cystic echinococcosis (ce) caused by the cestode echinococcus granulosus is an endemic disease in spain. although specific control programmes initiated in the 1980s have led to marked reductions in ce infection rates in spain, the disease still remains an important human and animal health problem in many regions of the country. human incidence and livestock (including sheep, cattle, pigs and horses) prevalence data were gathered from national epidemiological surveillance information systems and ... | 2008 | 18331519 |
| intestinal colonization by vana- or vanb2-containing enterococcal isolates of healthy animals in spain. | fecal samples of healthy animals (66 pigs, 22 pets) recovered during 1998 in la rioja, spain, were analyzed for vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization. vancomycin resistance mechanisms were analyzed by pcr and sequencing. vana-containing enterococci were detected in 3 of 66 samples (4.5%) and 5 of 22 samples (22.7%) of the pig and pet samples, respectively. seven unrelated pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) patterns were detected among the 8 vana isolates (7 enterococcus faecium, 1 e ... | 2003 | 14633367 |
| [1987/88 campaign for home slaughtering of pigs for family consumption. health area no. 5 of la rioja]. | the private slaughter of pigs for home consumption continues to take place in rural areas of our country, especially by persons over 50 years of age who are dedicated to farming and ranching or who are retired. the sacrifice takes place mainly on fridays and saturdays in january and february on the owners' property. in 10% of the cases, the airing of the dressed carcasses is done in stables housing other animals. the sacrificed pigs are traditionally fed with barley flour and vegetables, which f ... | 1989 | 2519484 |
| detection, molecular characterization, and clonal diversity of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus cc398 and cc97 in spanish slaughter pigs of different age groups. | the objective of this study was to determine the frequency of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) in slaughter pigs, to characterize the recovered isolates, and to investigate their genomic relatedness. nasal swabs were collected from 53 finishing-pigs (f-pigs) and 53 suckling-piglets (s-piglets) at two different abattoirs in la rioja (northern spain) coming from six production holdings. mrsa isolates were characterized by spa−, agr−, sccmec−, and multilocus sequ ... | 2010 | 20677918 |
| anaplasma spp. in wild mammals and ixodes ricinus from the north of spain. | our objectives were to investigate the presence of anaplasma spp. infection in red deer, wild boars, and ixodes ricinus removed from deer surveyed in la rioja, as well as to analyze the presence of anaplasma spp. in i. ricinus from different spanish regions--ours included. a total of 21 deer and 13 wild boar blood samples as well as 295 i. ricinus removed from deer, vegetation, or asymptomatic people were tested by polymerase chain reaction targeting anaplasma spp. 16s rrna gene and groesl heat ... | 2011 | 20528172 |