Study and evaluation of the role of bacteriophages in the prevention of infections in agriculture and in production animals Authors Laura Arranz Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Anna Cardona Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Aida Yuste Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Eulàlia Nogué Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Esteban L. Arosemena Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona M. dels Àngels Calvo-Torras Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Keywords: bacteriophages, pathogenic bacteria, control, prevention, agriculture, animal production. Abstract This paper provides a brief literature review on bacteriophages, their key features and their replication mechanisms. On the basis of the reviewed studies, phage therapy is evaluated as a prophylactic measure in agriculture and for livestock. The relevant legislation is discussed and it is noted that phage therapy is not contemplated in the European Union (EU), which is why it is currently not possible to apply it. The benefits and difficulties involved in the application of bacteriophages as a tool for the prevention and control of infections of bacterial etiology are listed and discussed. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biographies Laura Arranz, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Grup de recerca en Microbiologia Aplicada i Mediambiental, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Anna Cardona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Grup de recerca en Microbiologia Aplicada i Mediambiental, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Aida Yuste, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Grup de recerca en Microbiologia Aplicada i Mediambiental, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Eulàlia Nogué, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Grup de recerca en Microbiologia Aplicada i Mediambiental, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Esteban L. Arosemena, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Grup de recerca en Microbiologia Aplicada i Mediambiental, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona M. dels Àngels Calvo-Torras, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Grup de recerca en Microbiologia Aplicada i Mediambiental, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 53: desembre 2022 Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors. On submitting articles for publication to the journal QUADERNS AGRARIS, authors accept the following terms: Authors assign to ICEA (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to QUADERNS AGRARIS.Authors answer to ICEA for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.ICEA declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal QUADERNS AGRARIS is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
