Efficacy of phage therapy in poultry: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria has sparked a renewed interest in alternative bacterial control methods, including bacteriophage administration. In order to determine the overall efficacy of bacteriophage administration for the reduction of bacterial concentrations in poultry, a systematic literature review and a meta-analysis were conducted. The systematic review included studies in which 1) live chickens were challenged with a known quantity of bacteria; and 2) challenged chickens were administered a known quantity of bacteriophages; and 3) concentrations of the challenge bacteria were measured in tissue/fluid samples from both challenged and unchallenged chickens after phage administration; and 4) either standard deviation or standard error was reported. Re

SUBMITTER: Mosimann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8554251 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature