MYCOPLASMA BOVIS VACCINE AND METHODS OF REDUCING PNEUMONIA IN ANIMALS

摘要

The present invention relates to Mycoplasma bovis vaccines and methods for treating or preventing a disease or disorder in an animal caused by infectio n by Mycoplasma bovis by administering to the animal an effective amount of a Mycoplasma bovis vaccine. The Mycoplasma bovis vaccine can be a whole or partial cell inactivated or modified live preparation, a subunit vaccine, or a nucleic acid or DNA vaccine. The Mycoplasma bovis vaccine administered in accordance with the present can be synthesized or recombinantly produced. Th e invention also related to combination vaccines , methods of preparing Mycoplasma bovis vaccines and kits.