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Title: Applications and consequences of bacteriocins to control Campylobacter spp. in poultry production

Author
item Stern, Norman
item SVETOCH, E - State Research Center For Applied Microbiology And Biotechnology

Submitted to: Joint Meeting of the ADSA, AMSA, ASAS and PSA
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/16/2010
Publication Date: 7/12/2010
Citation: Stern, N.J., Svetoch, E.A. 2010. Applications and consequences of bacteriocins to control Campylobacter spp. in poultry production. Joint Meeting of the ADSA, AMSA, ASAS and PSA. Volume 64 page 217.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: 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 intestinal material) potentiates high numbers of the organism on the processed broiler carcass with increasing consequent human health risk. Many scientists believe interventions during poultry production portend the greatest opportunity for reducing risk of disease. Over the past ten years we have focused our studies on non-antibiotic bacteriocin application to intervene during animal production and this is the subject of the current review. The application of therapeutic bacteriocin treatments to reduce poultry colonization diminishes Campylobacter from >108 cfu/g of cecal materials to non-detectable or very low levels in treated birds. Further, the review provides scientists with a useful starting point for the further development of industry-applicable interventions leading to reduced transmission of this agent in human disease.