No MRSA were found in the S. aureus strains isolated from wild
animal carcasses. While this finding may be reassuring for the
moment, wildlife can carry pathogenic genes (PVL) and MRSA
(Wardyn et al., 2012; Porrero et al., 2013). Further studies are
therefore needed to assess the risk among a broader range of game
species, the potential transmission to domestic animals and, ultimately,
humans, and to assess MRSA circulation if we are to understand
the mechanisms of transmission of MRSA strains in
wildlife.