Veterinary use of antibiotics is of increasing concern, with a strong campaign to reduce the agricultural industry’s reliance on conventional antibiotics. The Centre is investigating the use of the antimicrobial activity of byproducts from the wine industry to develop a ‘natural’ therapy to target skin infections in animals such as poultry and pigs.

 

Project members

Key contact

Professor Mark Blaskovich

Director of Translation, IMB
Professorial Research Fellow & GL
Institute for Molecular Bioscience