Psittacosis future or investigational therapies

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

Future

Future challenges lay in the rigorous reporting of infections in both poultry and poultry workers and in the development of an avian and human vaccine.^[1]
Use of ovotransferrin as anitmicrobial in poultry to reduce dissemination of bacteria into air. ^[2]

References

↑ Deschuyffeleer TP, Tyberghien LF, Dickx VL; et al. (2012). “Risk assessment and management of Chlamydia psittaci in poultry processing plants”. Ann Occup Hyg. 56 (3): 340–9. doi:10.1093/annhyg/mer102. PMID 22302240. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Van Droogenbroeck C, Dossche L, Wauman T; et al. (2011). “Use of ovotransferrin as an antimicrobial in turkeys naturally infected with Chlamydia psittaci, avian metapneumovirus and Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale”. Vet. Microbiol. 153 (3–4): 257–63. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.05.016. PMID 21885218. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

Overview