A Review on the Use of Antimicrobial Peptides to Combat Porcine Viruses.

ABSTRACT: Viral infectious diseases pose a serious threat to animal husbandry, especially in the pig industry. With the rapid, continuous variation of viruses, a series of therapeutic measures, including vaccines, have quickly lost their efficacy, leading to great losses for animal husbandry. Therefore, it is urgent to find new drugs with more stable and effective antiviral activity. Recently, it has been reported that antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have great potential for development and application in animal husbandry because of their significant antibacterial and antiviral activity, and the antiviral ability of AMPs has become a research hotspot. This article aims to review the research situation of AMPs used to combat viruses in swine production of animal husbandry, clarify the mechanism of acti

SUBMITTER: Pen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7696308 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature