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Pseudomonas spp. in Canine Otitis Externa (2023)
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Canine otitis externa (OE) is a commonly diagnosed condition seen in veterinary practice worldwide. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms of the disease, with a particular focus on the biological characteristics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the... Read More about Pseudomonas spp. in Canine Otitis Externa.

Efficacy of Different Encapsulation Techniques on the Viability and Stability of Diverse Phage under Simulated Gastric Conditions (2023)
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Salmonella causes a range of diseases in humans and livestock of considerable public health and economic importance. Widespread antimicrobial use, particularly in intensively produced livestock (e.g., poultry and pigs) may contribute to the rise of m... Read More about Efficacy of Different Encapsulation Techniques on the Viability and Stability of Diverse Phage under Simulated Gastric Conditions.

Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Phage Collection against Avian-Pathogenic Escherichia coli (2023)
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The increase in antibiotic-resistant avian-pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), the causative agent of colibacillosis in poultry, warrants urgent research and the development of alternative therapies. This study describes the isolation and characteriz... Read More about Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Phage Collection against Avian-Pathogenic Escherichia coli.

Prophylactic Delivery of a Bacteriophage Cocktail in Feed Significantly Reduces Salmonella Colonization in Pigs (2022)
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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 bact... Read More about Prophylactic Delivery of a Bacteriophage Cocktail in Feed Significantly Reduces Salmonella Colonization in Pigs.

Predatory bacteria as living antibiotics – where are we now? (2021)
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health and economic crisis. With too few antibiotics in development to meet current and anticipated needs, there is a critical need for new therapies to treat Gram-negative infections. One potential approach... Read More about Predatory bacteria as living antibiotics – where are we now?.

Viruses of protozoan parasites and viral therapy: Is the time now right? (2020)
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Infections caused by protozoan parasites burden the world with huge costs in terms of human and animal health. Most parasitic diseases caused by protozoans are neglected, particularly those associated with poverty and tropical countries, but the pauc... Read More about Viruses of protozoan parasites and viral therapy: Is the time now right?.

Antibacterial and anti-virulence activity of manuka honey against genetically diverse Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (2020)
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Staphylococcus pseudintermedius causes opportunistic infections in dogs. It also has significant zoonotic potential, with the emergence of multidrug-resistance leading to difficulty treating both animal and human infections. Manuka honey has previous... Read More about Antibacterial and anti-virulence activity of manuka honey against genetically diverse Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.

Reduction of Salmonella contamination on the surface of chicken skin using bacteriophage (2020)
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Background: Enteric infections caused by Salmonella spp. remain a major public health burden worldwide. Chickens are known to be a major reservoir for this zoonotic pathogen. The presence of Salmonella in poultry farms and abattoirs is associated wit... Read More about Reduction of Salmonella contamination on the surface of chicken skin using bacteriophage.

An improved cleaning system to reduce microbial contamination of poultry transport crates in the United Kingdom (2020)
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© 2020 The Society for Applied Microbiology Aim: Following previous research on improving the cleaning of crates used to transport broiler chickens from the farm to the abattoir, a demonstration project was undertaken to investigate improvements in c... Read More about An improved cleaning system to reduce microbial contamination of poultry transport crates in the United Kingdom.

Dual predation by bacteriophage and bdellovibrio bacteriovorus can eradicate escherichia coli prey in situations where single predation cannot (2020)
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Copyright © 2020 Hobley et al. Bacteria are preyed upon by diverse microbial predators, including bacteriophage and predatory bacteria, such as Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. While bacteriophage are used as antimicrobial therapies in Eastern Europe and... Read More about Dual predation by bacteriophage and bdellovibrio bacteriovorus can eradicate escherichia coli prey in situations where single predation cannot.

Veterinary use of bacteriophage therapy in intensively-reared livestock (2019)
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Zoonoses are infectious diseases transmitted directly or indirectly between animals and humans. Several important zoonotic pathogens colonize farm animals asymptomatically, which may lead to contamination of the food chain and public health hazards.... Read More about Veterinary use of bacteriophage therapy in intensively-reared livestock.

Sex pilus specific bateriophage to drive bacterial population towards antibiotic sensitivity (2019)
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now a major global problem largely resulting from the overuse of antibiotics in humans and livestock. In some AMR bacteria, resistance is encoded by conjugative plasmids expressing sex-pili that can readily spread re... Read More about Sex pilus specific bateriophage to drive bacterial population towards antibiotic sensitivity.

Reviving Phage Therapy for the Treatment of Cholera (2018)
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Cholera remains a major risk in developing countries, particularly after natural or man-made disasters. Vibrio cholerae El Tor is the most important cause of these outbreaks, and is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, so alternative thera... Read More about Reviving Phage Therapy for the Treatment of Cholera.

Isolation and characterization of novel broad host range bacteriophages of Vibrio cholerae O1 from Bengal (2018)
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Objectives: We have isolated a total of five newer cholera phages which are novel broad host range to incorporate with the existing phage typing schemes for an extended typing scheme. Materials and Methods: These newly isolated phages were well chara... Read More about Isolation and characterization of novel broad host range bacteriophages of Vibrio cholerae O1 from Bengal.

Complete Genome Sequences of Seven Vibrio cholerae Phages Isolated in China (2017)
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The complete genome sequences of seven closely related Vibrio cholerae phages isolated from environmental sites in southeastern China are reported here. Phages QH, CJY, H1, H2, H3, J2, and J3 are members of the Podoviridae family and are highly simil... Read More about Complete Genome Sequences of Seven Vibrio cholerae Phages Isolated in China.

Complete Genome Sequences of Vibrio cholerae -Specific Bacteriophages 24 and X29 (2017)
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The complete genomes of two Vibrio cholerae bacteriophages of potential interest for cholera bacteriophage (phage) therapy were sequenced and annotated. The genome size of phage 24 is 44,395 bp encoding 71 putative proteins, and that of phage X29 is... Read More about Complete Genome Sequences of Vibrio cholerae -Specific Bacteriophages 24 and X29.

Biology and genomics of an historic therapeutic Escherichia coli bacteriophage collection (2017)
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We have performed microbiological and genomic characterization of an historic collection of nine bacteriophages, specifically infecting a K1 E. coli O18:K1:H7 ColV+ strain. These phages were isolated from sewage and tested for their efficacy in vivo... Read More about Biology and genomics of an historic therapeutic Escherichia coli bacteriophage collection.

Molecular epidemiology of nontyphoidal Salmonella in poultry and poultry products in India: implications for human health (2015)
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Human infections with non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) serovars are increasingly becoming a threat to human health globally. While all motile Salmonellae have zoonotic potential, Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium are most commonly assoc... Read More about Molecular epidemiology of nontyphoidal Salmonella in poultry and poultry products in India: implications for human health.

Investigation into the animal species contents of popular wet pet foods (2015)
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Background: The use of the generic term “meat and animal derivatives” in declared ingredient lists of pet foods in the European Union is virtually universal. In the wake of the 2013 “horse meat scandal” in the human food chain, we examined the presen... Read More about Investigation into the animal species contents of popular wet pet foods.

Fleas and smaller fleas: virotherapy for parasite infections (2013)
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Bacteriophages are viruses of bacteria that are used for controlling bacterial food-borne pathogens and have been proposed for more extensive usage in infection control. Protists are now recognised to harbour viruses and virus-like particles. We prop... Read More about Fleas and smaller fleas: virotherapy for parasite infections.