Antibiotics and Antibiosis in Agriculture

1st Edition - January 1, 1977
Author: M. Woodbine
Language: English
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 6 2 0 3 - 4

Antibiotics and Antibiosis in Agriculture: With Special Reference to Synergism is a collection of papers dealing with the properties of penicillins, cephalosporins, sulfonamides,… Read more

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Antibiotics and Antibiosis in Agriculture: With Special Reference to Synergism is a collection of papers dealing with the properties of penicillins, cephalosporins, sulfonamides, as well as the synergistic combinations of these and other antibacterial substances. One paper discusses issues regarding antibiotics such as the sufficiency of supply, the need for more and new antibiotics, and the period of obsolescence of antibiotics. Another paper explains the use of pairs of agents as synergic combinations, for example, novobiocin and tetracycline combined together as albamacyn T. Synergy types in chemotherapy includes those used in antibacterial, penetration, and internal synergies; the paper also notes that possible complications can arise from antibiotic interactions of drug synergies. Some papers discuss applications of antibiotics, antibiosis, stress effects, and food microbiology. These applications include the use of nisin, an antibiotic, as an aid in heat preservation of food. The use of starvation as a stress mechanism in a culture of Enterobacter aerogenes to accelerate exhaustion of glycerol, which the microorganisms need, lead to glycerol-deficiency related deaths. Other papers discuss the relationships of antibiotics and antibiosis to animals and animal feeds. This collection will benefit pharmacologists, bio-chemists, agriculturists, chemotherapists, veterinarians, and medical practitioners.

I Introduction 1 Beta-Lactam Antibiotics: Perspective and Prospective 2 Antibiotics by the Thousand: An Overview from the U.S.A.II The Context of Synergism 3 A Synergic Perspective 4 Synergy in Chemotheraphy 5 Synergy of Trimethoprim and Sulfonamides: History and Current Status 6 Trimethoprim Plus Sulfamethoxazole: Synergy or Antagonistic Combination? 7 Synergic Activities of Penicillin Combinations 8 Nisin and its Applications 9 Stress Effects and Food Microbiology 10 Staphylococci in Cheese 11 The Effects of SO2 and CO2 on the Growth of Microbacterium Thermosphactum, A Spoilage Organism from Sausages 12 Recovery and Revival of Microbial Cells, Especially those from Environments Containing AntibioticsIV Antibiotics, Antibiosis and Animals 13 The Use Antibiotics in the Veterinary Field in the 1970s 14 Farm Animal Disease: Veterinarian and Antibiotics 15 Intramammary Theraphy: Its Achievements and Limitations 16 Trimethoprim-Sulfonamide Synergy in Salmonella Therapy 17 The Development of Beta-Lactam Antibiotics for the Treatment of Bovine Mastitis 18 Detection of Antibiotic Residues in Slaughtered Animals 19 Non-Specific Resistance to Infection in Relation to MastitisV Antibiotics, Antibiosis and Feed 20 A Mechanism of Growth Promotion: Non-Lethal Feed Antibiotic Induced, Cell Wall Lesions in Enteric Bacteria 21 Chemical Control of Crop ConservationVI Practical Considerations 22 Chemicals and Heat as Ascopore Activators 23 Some Fundametal Reflections on 'Anti-Microbial Potency' 24 Synergism Exhibited: Too Simple a Technique 25 Studies in the Bioavailability, Pharmacokinetics and Residues of Semisynthetic Penicillins in Relation to Their Veterinary ApplicationVII Public Health Aspects 26 Antibiotics, Animals and Man - An Appraisal of a Contentious Subject 27 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria and Associated Problems in Farm Animals and after the 1969 Swann ReportList of ParticipantsIndexesOrganismAuthorSubject