title: Staphylococcus aureus in veterinary medicine.
abstract: Staphylococcus aureus is a major opportunistic pathogen in humans and one of the most important pathogenic Staphylococcus species in veterinary medicine. S. aureus is dangerous because of its deleterious effects on animal health and its potential for transmission from animals to humans and vice-versa. It thus has a huge impact on animal health and welfare and causes major economic losses in livestock production. Increasing attention is therefore being paid to both livestock and companion animals in terms of this pathogen. In this review, we summarise the current knowledge on the animal host adaptation of S. aureus. Different types of S. aureus infections in animals are also presented, with particular emphasis on mastitis in dairy herds, which is probably the costliest and therefore the best documented S. aureus infection seen in animals.
authors: INRA, UMR1253 STLO, F-35042 Rennes, France; Agrocampus Ouest, UMR1253 STLO, F-35042 Rennes, France.
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Peton
authors: INRA, UMR1253 STLO, F-35042 Rennes, France; Agrocampus Ouest, UMR1253 STLO, F-35042 Rennes, France. Electronic address: yves.leloir@rennes.inra.fr.
authors: Yves
authors: Y
authors: Le Loir
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D058507:Host Specificity; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics
keywords: Animal health; Host adaptation; Livestock; Poultry; Ruminant; Staphylococcus aureus