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2021-06-30
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Use of phage P22 as a therapeutic alternative in veterinary medicine for Salmonella spp in Colombia

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Nathaly Riveros López Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1935-7272
Andrea Priscila Alvarado Zúñiga Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7718-028X
Mauricio Humberto Rodriguez Panduro Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0023-7169

Currently, bacteria with pathogenic potential such as Salmonella spp, have developed resistance and multi-resistance to antibiotics due to the indiscriminate use of these substances; causing great problems in the treatment of infections in the veterinary field, as well as economic losses and subsequent complications in animal health; This phenomenon is cosmopolitan in nature, since it encompasses both developed and developing countries.That is why in Colombia and other parts of the world, they are already talking about the use of phage therapy in the veterinary industry, in order to counteract the effects of the application of antibiotics. Salmonellosis is currently of great interest to public health, since it turns out to be a zoonosis, and as mentioned above it has developed resistance mechanisms, for which the use of bacteriophages
has been implemented, such as phage P22 resulting in efficient therapy.

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