A Commentary on Salmonella From a Pre-Harvest Perspective

TS Edrington, TR Brown - Frontiers in Animal Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Salmonella occurs in all the major meat producing livestock species (ruminants, swine and
poultry), most often residing within the gastrointestinal tract asymptomatically. While …

Segmented filamentous bacteria-based treatment to elicit protection against Enterobacteriaceae in Layer chickens

J Meinen-Jochum, LC Ott, M Mellata - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Gut microbes like segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) play a key role in gut
maturation during early life, as demonstrated in humans and mice. Our previous study …

Dietary zinc supplementation inhibits bacterial plasmid conjugation in vitro by regulating plasmid replication (rep) and transfer (tra) genes

L Ott, C Smith, M Mellata - Applied and Environmental …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Humans use dietary supplements for several intended effects, such as supplementing
malnutrition. While these compounds have been developed for host end benefits, their …

Layer segmented filamentous bacteria colonize and impact gut health of broiler chickens

J Meinen-Jochum, CJ Skow, M Mellata - mSphere, 2024 - journals.asm.org
In commercial poultry farms, chicks hatch away from their progenitors from which they
acquire key host-specific microbiota, like segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) involved in …