Five steps closer to a potential footrot vaccine

Updated August 13 2018 - 10:24am, first published 10:02am
Researchers from Monash University and the University of Sydney have identified five potential footrot vaccine antigen candidates.
Researchers from Monash University and the University of Sydney have identified five potential footrot vaccine antigen candidates.

We’re trying to develop a vaccine that is cross-protective – one that will work against all of the causative bacteria.

- Dr Johann Schröder

Researchers have made important progress towards developing a new vaccine for ovine footrot, a serious disease in sheep that causes severe economic loss, suffering due to lameness and disruption to normal farm operations.

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