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Discovery could reduce chicken pathogens, improve safety

By Ahmed ElAmin, 17-Nov-2005

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Proteins called bacteriocins, produced by bacteria, can reduce Campylobacter and Salmonella pathogens to very low levels in chicken intestines, helping to reduce human exposure to food-borneinfections, according to scientists at the US's Agricultural Research Service (ARS).