| With the enormous expansion in the poultry industry, salmonellosis became a limiting factor on avian production, because of the important economic losses during the production stages. The worldwide increase in bacterial resistance stimulated the search for alternative strategies to control the disease and so phagoteraphy has been reconsidered as a therapeutic option. This article reviews the phenomenon of bacteriophagia focusing on its use for the control of avian salmonellosis, using the P22 bacteriophage as a model. |
