Bacteriocins to control Campylobacter spp. in poultry--A review

• Published in: Poultry science Vol. 89; no. 8; pp. 1763 - 1768
• Main Authors: Svetoch, E.A, Stern, N.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Poultry Science Association 01.08.2010; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Animals; anti-infective agents; antibacterial properties; antimicrobial agents; bacterial colonization; bacteriocins; Bacteriocins - therapeutic use; broiler chickens; Campylobacter; Campylobacter - drug effects; campylobacteriosis; cecum; Chickens; Chickens - microbiology; disease prevention; Disease Reservoirs; drug effects; drug therapy; food pathogens; Food Preservation; Food Preservation - methods; foodborne illness; inhibitors; literature reviews; methods; microbiology; Poultry; Poultry - microbiology; poultry diseases; protective effect; therapeutic use; intervention; colonization; bacteriocin; broiler

The unacceptably high frequency of Campylobacter jejuni transmission from poultry to humans encourages scientists to consider and create alternative intervention strategies to control the pathogen in poultry production. Extremely high numbers of Campylobacter (often >10⁸ cfu/g of poultry intestin...