Research Publications (Food Safety)

by Anja Lührmann, Andrea Palmini, Justinus Hellmich, Vitaly Belik, Jürgen Zentek, Wilfried Vahjen Reducing antibiotic use is one of the biggest challenges in pig farming, as antibiotics have been used for years to control typical problems such as newborn or post-weaning diarrhea.

by Hamid Motamedi, Matin Fathollahi, Ramin Abiri, Sepide Kadivarian, Mosayeb Rostamian, Amirhooshang Alvandi

Introduction

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) is a major hospital problem and a common adverse effect of antibiotic treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of the most important bacteria that cause AAD in hospitalized patients.

Materials and methods

by Nazanin Ahmadkhosravi, Azar Dokht Khosravi, Aram Asareh Zadegan Dezfuli, Mohammad Hashemzadeh, Morteza Saki, Fatemeh Jahangiri Mehr, Farokh Izadpour

Background

Iman Mehdizadeh Gohari, Eric K. Brefo-Mensah, Michael Palmer, Patrick Boerlin, John F. Prescott

Anna-Lena Ziese, Jan S. Suchodolski, Katrin Hartmann, Kathrin Busch, Alexandra Anderson, Fatima Sarwar, Natalie Sindern, Stefan Unterer

Introduction

The impact of probiotics on dogs with acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome (AHDS) has not been evaluated so far. The study aim was to assess the effect of probiotic treatment on the clinical course, intestinal microbiome, and toxigenic Clostridium perfringens in dogs with AHDS in a prospective, placebo-controlled, blinded trial.

Joachim Spergser, Igor Loncaric, Alexander Tichy, Johannes Fritz, Alexandra Scope

Cécile Féraudet-Tarisse, Christelle Mazuet, Serge Pauillac, Maren Krüger, Caroline Lacroux, Michel R. Popoff, Brigitte G. Dorner, Olivier Andréoletti, Marc Plaisance, Hervé Volland, Stéphanie Simon

Julie M. Grondin, Da Duan, Alyssa C. Kirlin, Kento T. Abe, Seth Chitayat, Holly L. Spencer, Craig Spencer, Alisha Campigotto, Scott Houliston, Cheryl H. Arrowsmith, John S. Allingham, Alisdair B. Boraston, Steven P. Smith

Mateusz Rawski, Bartosz Kierończyk, Jakub Długosz, Sylwester Świątkiewicz, Damian Józefiak

Soshi Seike, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Keiko Kobayashi, Masaya Takehara, Masahiro Nagahama

Daisuke Irikura, Chie Monma, Yasunori Suzuki, Akiko Nakama, Akemi Kai, Aya Fukui-Miyazaki, Yasuhiko Horiguchi, Tomoya Yoshinari, Yoshiko Sugita-Konishi, Yoichi Kamata

Teruhisa Takagishi, Masataka Oda, Michiko Kabura, Mie Kurosawa, Kaori Tominaga, Shiori Urano, Yoshibumi Ueda, Keiko Kobayashi, Toshihide Kobayashi, Jun Sakurai, Yutaka Terao, Masahiro Nagahama