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www.poultrynews.com.au National Poultry Newspaper, January 2025 %u2013 Page 9SKIOLD & Vacuum Milling Solutions %u2022 Jimboomba Qld %u2022 www.vacmillsolutions.com.au&CONTACT:Phone: 0755 477 588sales@vacmillsolutions.com.auGRAIN MILLING SPECIALISTGRAIN MILLING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A LABOUR INTENSIVE JOB!SKIOLD & Vacuum Milling Solutions specialise in the design, sales and installation ofquality grain milling equipment.We supply the latest in grain milling and augering equipment. Australian made and from around the world. We cover all of Australia and also the Pacific Islands. With 15 years' experience in the farming industry, we pride ourselves on quality equipment, installations and undertake a commitment to ensure customer satisfaction.GRAIN MILLING AND AUGERING EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTSDESIGN, SALES AND INSTALLATIONCALL US TODAY TO HEAR WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU!Discmill, mixer, augers, bucket elevator, jet filter, mineral hopperDr Uwe Stroeher and Associate Professor Rietie Venter.RESEARCH in Adelaide is unearthing a potential natural solution to stop the rapidly growing global issue of antibiotic resistance, listed by the World Health Organisation as one of the top 10 public health threats facing humanity.Scientific trials underway between the University of South Australia and locally based biological company Neutrog Australia have potentially uncovered soil-based weapons to target the problem at its source.Antibiotic resistance has become a major roadblock to the effective treatment of many infectious diseases, with urinary tract infections being one of the most prevalent, particularly among women.Many intensive farming operations use antibiotics as a preventative measure to ensure the health and wellbeing of animals and workers against naturally present pathogenic bacteria such as e coli %u2013 a common cause of UTIs %u2013 and salmonella. The overuse of antibiotics in commercial, intensive agriculture and its potential link to antibiotic resistance has been the subject of global research over many years.Now in a joint study, Neutrog and the University of South Australia have uncovered a potential breakthrough to provide a biological natural alternative to antibiotics.Through its own processing and testing of poultry manure to make biological fertiliser, Neutrog%u2019s research and development team has identified certain microbes that exhibit a unique and natural ability to inhibit and suppress bacterial pathogens.Neutrog%u2019s R&D team is led by world renowned microbiologist Dr Uwe Stroeher, while the company%u2019s biological advisory board is comprised of leaders in the fields of infectious disease, bacteria and plant science, including Professor Paul Manning, who was previously the head of molecular sciences at Astra Zeneca in the US.%u201cInitially we had been looking at how these microbes performed against plant and soil pathogens to help commercial growers control disease and improve soil health while providing an alternative to increasingly ineffective chemical treatments,%u201d Dr Stroeher said.%u201cThe microbes passed with flying colours, which posed the question, if they perform so well against plant and soil pathogens, what%u2019s to say they couldn%u2019t influence human and animal pathogens?%u201cWe have teamed up with the highly respected microbiology researchers from the University of South Australia to further these trials. %u201cThe initial results have been very encouraging and we%u2019re now in the midst of further testing to confirm the bacteria fighting qualities of these individual microbe species and to pinpoint the genes involved.%u201dUniSA head of microbiology Associate Professor Rietie Venter said the project demonstrated a holistic approach to antibiotic resistance.%u201cWe are aiming to provide a one health solution that addresses issues across the interconnected sectors of animal health, environmental health and human health,%u201d Assoc Prof Venter said.%u201cMicrobes must fight each other to survive in a hostile environment and most antibiotics come from microbes. %u201cAustralia is home to a rich and underexploited microbial diversity that we are mining for novel antimicrobials to fight antimicrobial resistance.%u201dIf the trials are successful, Neutrog will seek to make the microbes available to commercial agricultural producers across the globe.%u201cBy introducing a biocontrol agent into the bedding of chicken, pig and cattle operations, we are effectively building a biological barrier to reduce the potential transfer of pathogens between animals and humans,%u201d Dr Stroeher said.%u201cAchieving a reduction of the pathogen load in these types of growing environments would significantly lessen the requirement for the overuse of antibiotics in livestock. %u201cThis could lead to improved animal husbandry and the potential reduction in antibiotic resistance to human pathogens, further down the line.%u201cThrough these trials we are tackling a problem at its source, rather than at the point it eventually manifests in the human population.%u201cThe broader implications of a possible breakthrough could revolutionise commercial agriculture and human health outcomes worldwide.%u201d Groundbreaking research tackles global antibiotic resistance crisisMany intensive farming operations use antibiotics as a preventative measure to ensure the health and wellbeing of animals and workers against naturally present pathogenic bacteria.