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- Title
APPLICATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE FOR THE TREATMENT OF RUMINANT DIGESTIVE DISORDERS: A REVIEW.
- Authors
Devi, Pooja; Singh, Digvijay; Sharma, Manjinder; Sarangi, Archana
- Abstract
Antibiotic overuses in food animals and humans, as well as resistant mechanisms adapted by different bacteria are causing antibiotic-resistant strains to emerge globally. A bacterial strain of E. coli 0157: H7 is wide spread in livestock and even in the wild. The animal host is not affected by this bacterial strain, but causes serious conditions in humans, including bloody diarrhoea and kidney disease. The most frequent resistance type was streptomycin-sulfisoxazole-tetracycline, which accounted for over 70% of the resistant strains. Two E. coli O157: NM isolates from cows were resistant to six antibiotics: Carbenicillin, Ampicillin, Kanamycin, Sulfisoxazole, Streptomycin and Tetracycline. Bacteriophages are appropriate candidates for selection as bacterial pathogens control agents. Bacteriophages act particularly on the contamination of bacteria without risking the survival of favourable habitat microorganisms. Phages control zoonotic pathogens and are very promising to prove them as useful alternatives to conventional antimicrobials.
- Subjects
ANTIBIOTIC overuse; BACTERIOPHAGES; BACTERIAL contamination; RUMINANTS; FOOD of animal origin; FOOD animals
- Publication
Journal of Experimental Zoology India, 2021, Vol 24, Issue 2, p837
- ISSN
0972-0030
- Publication type
Article