Vetphage Pharmaceuticals Unveils New Sustainable Alternative to Bacterial Disease Prevention
Professor Jarosław Dastych, leading scientist and Founder CEO of Proteon Pharmaceuticals discusses his precision biology based solution for sustainable poultry farming The technology uses ‘bacteriophages’ as a preventative antibacterial solution to improve animal and human health The sustainable alternative to bacterial disease prevention promises to have long term benefits for human health and environment Mumbai : Rising demand for meat and eggs and a resultant turn towards intensive poultry production has in recent decades given rise to a number of health and environmental concerns that pose a challenge to the poultry industry. Bacterial disease causes huge economic losses while resulting in environmental waste and threat to human health. The solution lies in innovation to promote safe and sustainable animal farming. It is estimated that Campylobacter and Salmonella infections that are rampant in poultry together account for 9 in 10 reported cases of bacter...