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Volume 19, Number 9—September 2013
Letter

Livestock Density as Risk Factor for Livestock-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the Netherlands

Peter R. Davies, Bruce H. Alexander, Jeffrey B. Bender, John Deen, Catherine E. Dewey, Julie A. Funk, Claudia A. Munoz-Zanzi, M. Gerard O’Sullivan, Randall S. Singer, Srinand Sreevatsan, Katharina D. Stärk, and Mark A. Stevenson
Author affiliations: University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (P.R. Davies, J.B. Bender, J. Deen, M.G. O’Sullivan, R.S Singer, S. Sreevatsan); University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (B.H. Alexander, C. A. Munoz-Zanzi); Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (C.E. Dewey); Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, USA (J.A. Funk); Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom (K.D. Stärk); Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand (M.A. Stevenson)

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Location No. pigs Area, km2 Pig density, pigs/km2 Relative pig density*
The Netherlands 12,100,000† 41,518 291.4 1
United States 67,500,000† 8,108,782‡ 8.3 35.0
Iowa 19,700,000 145,744 135.2 2.2
North Carolina 8,600,000 139,393 61.7 4.7
Minnesota 7,600,000 225,174 33.8 8.6

*Pig density in the Netherlands divided by pig density in other locations.
†US data were obtained from a quarterly US Department of Agriculture report (http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/nass/HogsPigs//2010s/2012/HogsPigs-09-28-2012.pdf).
‡Alaska was excluded because of minimal swine industry.

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