Bacteriophages as a means of fighting salmonellosis and colibacteriosis

UDC 619: 615
DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202110004

Authors

Sergei V. Lenev
Mikhail K. Pirozhkov
Anton V. Motorygin
Alsu A. Galiakbarova
Aleksandr S. Klenov
Nadezhda S. Abrosimova
All-Russian State Center for Quality and Standardization of Medicinal Products for Feed and Feed (FSBI «VGNKI»), Moscow, Russia
Nikolai V. Pimenov
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology – MVA by K. I. Skryabin”, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

In recent years, the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has become a global problem, which determines the need for research in the direction of developing alternative methods for controlling diseases of agricultural animals of bacterial etiology. Bacteriophages (bacterial viruses) create the prospect of a sustainable alternative approach in the fight against bacterial pathogens. In this paper, we consider the prospects of using bacteriophages as biological agents in the fight against salmonellosis and colibacteriosis of animals, as well as reducing the likelihood of human disease through slaughter products and meat of animals and poultry, contaminated with the pathogens of these infections.

Keywords

antibiotic resistance, bacteriophage, food safety, phage therapy, animals