Concurrent antibiotic therapy via feed and IM injection is recommended for controlling secondary bacterial pathogens.
Such phages, understandably, are dangerous in their natural form and useless in controlling bacterial pathogens.
The benefit of this is that the farmers did not need to spray their crops to control fungal, viral, or bacterial pathogens.
It is generally agreed upon that sodium nitrite is not considered effective for controlling gram-negative enteric pathogens such as Salmonella and Escherichia coli.
Organic agriculture, under the law, involves a system of ecological soil management and mechanical or biological methods to control insects, weeds, pathogens and other pests.
They can also be used to control internal seed-borne fungal pathogens as well as fungal pathogens that are on the surface of the seed.
A large number of medical and quasi-medical procedures aim to control or destroy microbial pathogens by the use of drugs or chemicals.
Research in the field of food safety is continuing to see if lytic phages are a viable option to control other food-borne pathogens in various food products.
Aerobiological engineering is the science of designing buildings and systems to control airborne pathogens and allergens in indoor environments.
Intralytix specializes in bacteriophage-based products used to control bacterial pathogens in environmental, food processing, and medical settings.