An experimental trial was conducted to explore the effect of vaccination with a polyvalent vaccine against mastitis (STARTVAC®) on the early immune response after experimental intramammary challenge with a heterologous killed Staphylococcus aureus strain.
Staphylococcus aureus in cows and heifers vaccinated
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Vaccinated cows had a less-severe inflammatory reaction
after inoculation with a killed heterologous S. aureus
strain compared with non-vaccinated animals. This
possibly explains the absence of a substantial drop in
milk production in the first days after challenge in the
vaccinated animals compared with the nonvaccinated
ones. The immune response against E. coli after vaccination
was less pronounced than the immune response
against S. aureus. Vaccination with STARTVAC® seems to
evoke a strong Th2...