Sentences with phrase «organisms against pathogens»

The vaccine triggers a mechanism known as RNA interference, which is an innate defence mechanism of plants, animals and other eukaryotic organisms against pathogens.

The mammalian immune system defends the organism against pathogens, and possibly cancer, but is known to become dysregulated with increasing age.

Not exact matches

It is reported to be active against a number of organisms including the food pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and -LSB-...]

Further, cellular defense mechanisms, such as the innate immune responses are mainly directed outwards to protect the organism against irritants, pathogens, or injured cells.

While some of these organisms are harmful to roots by causing damage or even plant death, others are beneficial and enhance nutrient acquisition and protect roots against pathogens.

A robust skin microbiome protects against infection or dysbiosis in much the same way a good gut microbiome does, by colonization resistance (i.e. crowding out overgrowth of pathogenic organisms) and by maintaining relatively acidic environment (pH is around 5.0), which inhibits growth of pathogens.

Kombucha tea is a fermented tea (naturally effervescent) that contains billions of friendly gut organisms (probiotics) that help to strengthen your immune system by bolstering your levels of good organisms in your gut, which provides a first level of defense against pathogens from things you ingest.

Remember that 70 % of your immune system lies in your gut flora and the health of the friendly organisms in there to protect you against pathogens and sickness.

Homemade diets and commercial BARF diets are often demonstrable unbalanced and have severe nutritional deficiencies or excesses.16 - 18 Dogs have been shown to acquire and shed parasitic organisms and potentially lethal infectious diseases associated with raw meat, including pathogenic strains of E. coli and Salmonella.25 - 27 Many other pathogens have been identified in raw diets or raw meat ingredients, and these represent a risk not only to the dogs fed these diets but to their owners, particularly children and people with compromised immune systems.29 - 30 The bones often included in such diets can cause fractured teeth and gastrointestinal diseases, including obstructed or perforated intestines, and the FDA recently warned pet owners against feeding bones to their canine companions.

Stegemann et al. [4] have reported that cefovecin showed good activity against Gram - negative organisms isolated from dogs and cats, including Escherichia coli, Pasteurella multocida, Klebsiella spp. (including K. pneumonia), Enterobacter spp. and anaerobic - growing pathogens Fusobacterium spp., Bacteriodes spp., Prevotella oralis.

Vaccines stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies (titer) against a disease organism so that the cat is protected against various pathogens in its environment.