Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, India
*Corresponding Author: Mudit Chandra; Email: drmuditchandra@rediffmail.com
Online published on 2 July, 2013.
Salmonellosis is a very important disease affecting both humans and animals. With the onset of drug resistance in Salmonella, use of phages for therapy seems to be an alternative approach in combating this problem. In the present study, sixteen phages against Salmonella Enteritidis were isolated from a total of 84 dairy and poultry sewage samples and upon characterization of phages at fixed pH 7 and different temperatures, it was found that the phages could survive at varied temperature conditions and were also sustaining at pH 7.
Salmonella, bacteriophage, temperature sensitivity, pH
