This meeting will focus on methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) in animal health and the potential implications for humans. The main focus will be methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The meeting will also include methicillin-resistant S. intermedius, S. schleiferi coagulans and S. pseudintermedius because of their emerging roles in animal disease.

The two main areas are:

1. the impact of MRS infection and colonization on animal populations, and
2. the public health consequences of animal MRS infection and colonization.