Previous research examining prevalence and molecular types of MRSA on raw meat samples.

<p>*Samples of veal, lamb/mutton, fowl, and game were also collected in this study but not included in the table.</p>#<p>Samples of rabbit, minced meat, veal, lamb, and wild game were also collected in this study but not included in the table.</p

Prevalence of MRSA and MSSA in each type of meat cut.

<p>Total number of samples of each type of meat cut are noted.</p

Description of MRSA isolates from pork samples.

<p>IA: Iowa; MN: Minnesota; NJ: New Jersey. RWA: product labeled as “raised without antibiotics”. C: conventional meats. Antibiotic resistance is denoted as follows: O: oxacillin; T: tetracycline; E: erythromycin; Cl: clindamycin; TMP-SMX: trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; Q/D: quinupristin-dalfopristin.</p