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Article: Iowa State develops phage for salmonella.(Iowa State University, bacteriophage)
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- September 6, 2004
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AMES, IOWA -- Bacteriophages, the friendly viruses that can wreak havoc on harmful bacteria, are being harnessed to beat back salmonella in livestock, according to an announcement from the Food Safety Consortium of the University of Arkansas, Iowa State University and Kansas State University.
A phage invented and recently patented by food safety researchers at Iowa State is the first phage to control the spread of salmonella in swine and to prevent the bacterium from developing into a vehicle of foodborne illness.
"The pen isn't the only place pigs get salmonella," said D.L. (Hank) Harris, an animal science researcher at Iowa State. "They've got ...