Zinc-resistance gene CzrC identified in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus hyicus isolated from pigs with exudative epidermitis.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus hyicus (MRSH) was investigated for czrC, a gene conferring zinc-resistance. The czrC gene was identified in 50% (14/28) of MRSH isolates, representing 14 pigs with exudative epidermitis from 8 farms. Newly weaned pigs, which are particularly susceptible to exudative epidermitis, are commonly fed high levels of zinc oxide.
Department of Population Medicine (Slifierz, Park, Friendship) and Department of Pathobiology (Weese), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.
Mackenzie J
MJ
Slifierz
Department of Population Medicine (Slifierz, Park, Friendship) and Department of Pathobiology (Weese), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.
Jeonghwa
J
Park
Department of Population Medicine (Slifierz, Park, Friendship) and Department of Pathobiology (Weese), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.
Robert M
RM
Friendship
Department of Population Medicine (Slifierz, Park, Friendship) and Department of Pathobiology (Weese), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.
J Scott
JS
Weese
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004818:Epidermitis, Exudative, of Swine / Q000382:microbiology*; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D057788:Staphylococcus hyicus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013552:Swine
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008712:Methicillin