Recent outbreaks of food-borne diseases highlight the need for reducing bacterial
pathogens in foods of animal origin. Animal enteric pathogens are a direct source for food …

Abstract Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 is a major foodborne pathogen
causing severe disease in humans worldwide. Healthy cattle are a reservoir of E. coli O157 …

Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Rules, How to
Change Your Mind, and This is Your Mind on Plants explores the previously uncharted …

Escherichia coli O157: H7 and other Verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) are zoonotic
pathogens associated with food and waterborne illness around the world. E. coli O157: H7 …

Antibiotics, prebiotics and probiotics are widely used as growth promoters in agriculture. In
the 1940s, use of Streptomyces aureofaciens probiotics resulted in weight gain in animals …

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) constitute a subset of serotypes (E. coli O157
and some other serogroups) of Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing E. coli (STEC) firmly associated …

Bacteria employed in probiotic applications help to maintain or restore a host's natural
microbial floral. The ability of probiotic bacteria to successfully outcompete undesired …

Antibiotics are a key tool used nowadays in health care industry to fight against bacterial
infections; however, repeated antibiotic use or misuses, have led to bacterial resistance …

The microbial population of the intestinal tract is a complex natural resource that can be
utilized in an effort to reduce the impact of pathogenic bacteria that affect animal production …

McAllister, TA, Beauchemin, KA, Alazzeh, AY, Baah, J., Teather, RM and Stanford, K. 2011.
Review: The use of direct fed microbials to mitigate pathogens and enhance production in …