Developing Better Vaccine for Mutating Virus in Cows
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
It can incorporate a cow's genes or another virus into its genome. It can lead to production of a persistently infected calf that sheds the virus its entire life. Despite yearly vaccinations, one to 15 percent of a herd can test positive for bovine viral diarrhea virus. Researchers at South Dakota State University are exploring how the virus suppresses the immune system, so they can develop better modified live vaccines.