Prophylactic Delivery of a Bacteriophage Cocktail in Feed Significantly Reduces Salmonella Colonization in Pigs

Prophylactic Delivery of a Bacteriophage Cocktail in Feed Significantly Reduces Salmonella Colonization in Pigs

ABSTRACT Nontyphoidal Salmonella spp. are a leading cause of human food poisoning and can be transmitted to humans via consuming contaminated pork. To reduce Salmonella spread to the human food chain, bacteriophage (phage) therapy could be used to reduce bacteria from animals’ preslaughter. We aimed...

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Main Authors: Anisha M. Thanki, Guillaume Mignard, Robert J. Atterbury, Paul Barrow, Andrew D. Millard, Martha R. J. Clokie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Salmonella
bacteriophage therapy
bacteriophages
food-borne pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00422-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00422-22

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