The return of drugs based on active bacteriophages to the practice of veterinary medicine to combat poultry salmonellosis is a promising area of ​​antiepizootic work.

With salmonellosis, antibiotics cannot cure. According to experts of the WHO Committee, it is impossible to get rid of the problem without using effective means of specific immunoprophylaxis of salmonellosis in chickens.

Bacteriophages with high efficiency against sensitive and resistant bacteria give good results if used as antimicrobial therapy. Phages are bacterial viruses that are capable of showing a bactericidal effect only on a certain type of bacteria. This means that the bird is reliably protected from Salmonella bacteria.

At the same time, the natural intestinal microflora remains intact, which does not happen when antibiotics are used. The use of bacteriophages does not lead to the appearance of resistant strains of salmonella. When compared with vaccines, the phages have a completely different mechanism of action, which is not associated with the immunity of the bird.

New methods of protecting birds from salmonellosis without the use of antibiotics can be found at the International Practical Forum Poultry Farming, which will be held in Lviv on April 10-11.

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