Bovine mastitis vaccine and method for detecting efficacy thereof

摘要

This invention relates to a vaccine for the prevention and/or control of gram-positive cocci, e.g. Str. agalactiae and S. aureus, induced bovine mastitis infections and to an immunological method, an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), for assaying the humoral immue response of the lactating bovine mammary gland to detect antibody variables associated with the vaccinated or suspected infected bovine.