Immune responses and protection against infection and abortion in cattle experimentally vaccinated with mutant strains of Brucella abortus.

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Immune responses and protection against infection and abortion in cattle experimentally vaccinated with mutant strains of Brucella abortus.

American journal of veterinary research - 1 Oct 1993

Cheville N F, Stevens M G, Jensen A E, Tatum F M, Halling S M

Abstract excerpt

Twenty-four 10-month-old Polled Hereford heifers were inoculated SC with live cells of one of the following strains of Brucella abortus: S19 delta 31K (n = 4), S19 delta SOD (n = 4), RB51 (n = 4), and strain 19 (n = 6); controls (n = 6) were given saline solution. Heifers given the deletion mutan...

Topics

Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Brucella Vaccine
Brucella abortus
Brucellosis, Bovine
Cattle
Female
Lymph Nodes
Mutation
Pregnancy
Vaccines, Synthetic

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