Bacteriophages video In 2016 the WHO estimated up to 700,000 patients died of multidrug resistant bacterial infections globally. This rise of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria is mainly driven by the excessive use of antibiotics in meat production. Some estimates claim 80% of antibiotics produced globally are used on poultry and pigs. Several publications have recently …
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Bacteriophages for Poultry Food Safety
Bacteriophages for Poultry Food Safety – video In recent years, the so called “bacteriophage biocontrol” is being increasingly accepted as an innovative, natural, and green food safety strategy to prevent the occurrence of non-desired bacteria in foods. This article earlier appeared in the “AZTI” YouTube channel References are available bellow. https://www. youtube.com/channel/UCBwNH5t33Jvd_dhrnOFnzXw Bacteriophages, or phages, …
Bacteriophages against Campylobacter
Bacteriophages against Campylobacter: video Campylobacteriosis, which has been the most reported gastrointestinal disease in EU since 2005, affected more than 220,000 people in 2019. Salmonellosis was the second most reported zoonotic disease in the EU, affecting about 88,000 people. The consumption of poultry products, especially chicken meat, is considered the most common route for human …
Using Phages to Improve Food Safety
Bacteriophages as alternatives to antibiotics – video The search for natural biocontrol agents that allow the production of foods that are safe for human consumption and do not impact the taste, texture, and nutritional quality of the food, is a constant challenge for diverse food industries worldwide, particularly as the human population continues to rise …
Phages – nature’s ninjas in the battle against superbugs
Bacteriophages (phages): video In a world where bacteria are increasingly resistant to antibiotics, the discovery of novel Bacteriophages, bacteria’s million-year-old adversary, could assist with the development of therapies to control life-threatening bacteria… Heather Hendrickson is a Senior Lecturer at Massey University, where she leads the Hendrickson lab. She investigates bacterial genomes to understand how they …
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An Optimized Bacteriophage Cocktail Can Effectively Control Salmonella in vitro and in Galleria mellonella
Bacteriophage Cocktail – Salmonella in vitro and in Galleria mellonella Anyone who has ever had to deal with it can confirm that food poisoning caused by salmonella can lead to unpleasant and even potentially dangerous gastrointestinal symptoms. New research suggests there may be a solution in the form of phages, viruses that specifically target and …
The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage
Bacteriophages – video A war has been raging for billions of years, killing trillions every single day, while we don’t even notice. This war involves the single deadliest being on our planet: The Bacteriophage. This article earlier appeared in the “Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell” YouTube channel References are available bellow. Bacteriophages, also known as …
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Pros and cons of using bacteriophages
Bacteriophages Antibiotic resistance is currently one of the driving problems to find other solutions to fight bacteria. In the era of the increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria and a lack of new effective antibiotics, bacteriophages offer an alternative strategy to antibiotics for poultry, and thus for food safety and public health. Yet, the doubt remains …
Use of Bacteriophages in the Poultry Industry
Bacteriophages in the poultry industry Consumers are driving the demand for meat raised without routine use of antibiotics, with some of the major food chains adopting “antibiotic-free” policies for their meat supplies. Being poultry production one of the worldwide sectors which uses more antibiotics and foodborne bacterial pathogens considered as the leading bacterial causes of …
Bacteriophages in the Poultry Industry
Bacteriophages The increase in multidrug-resistant infections and the failure of antibiotics to treat them effectively is a concern for both human and veterinary medicine. In the poultry industry, this has led to an increase in bacterial resistance, including zoonotic pathogens that can be transmitted from animals to humans. As a result, scientists have turned to …
Antimicrobial resistance in the EU – can phages be a renewed hope?
Salmonella and Campylobacter are becoming increasingly resistant to ciprofloxacin, one of the antibiotics of choice for treating infections caused by these bacteria. The conclusion is part of the latest report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonoses released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which also presents some positive trends in …
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Press Releases
Phagovet Since the start of the PHAGOVET project, several press releases have already been published about the project with regard to the different consortium partners. These articles have been published in different languages among which Spanish and English. Would you like to know more about the project? Do not hesitate to contact us. Universitat Autònoma …
