Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is widespread in farmed mink (Neovison vison).

•Livestock-associated MRSA is highly present in farmed mink.•The bacterium was found in feed and in healthy and diseased animals.•LA-MRSA was most prevalent in samples from paws and pharynx.•The dominant spa-types are t034 and t011, associated to CC398, similar to in pigs.•A feed-borne introduction is suspected.