method for disinfecting an animal, method for reducing the amount of campylobacter in meat, method for identifying a compound for use in disinfecting animals, preventing or reducing adhesion of campylobacter to the intestinal wall, or treating campylobacter infection in humans or animals. , animal food, food ingredient or food supplement, method for disinfecting a foodstuff, compost, use of a compost and kit

摘要

Campylobacterare the commonest reported bacterial causes of gastroenteritis in the UK and industrialized world. This invention relates to a method of preventing or reducing the colonisation of the gastrointestinal tract of an animal withCampylobacter.Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for disinfection of an animal comprising administering to said animal at least one compound that binds to MOMP or FlaA ofCampylobacterin an effective amount to reduce the number ofCampylobacterpresent in the gastrointestinal tract of said animal. The present invention also provides a method for preventing or reducing transmission ofCampylobacterinfection from one animal to another.