Bovine and rabbit models for the study of a Staphylococcus aureus avirulent mutant strain, RC122

[摘要] Staphylococcus aureus is the main etiological agent of bovine mastitis. Intramammary infections are difficult to cure and vaccination appears to be an alternative to prevent the disease. Research has focused on the development of mutants affected in the synthesis of pathogenicity determinants. We constructed a mutant strain (RC122) after chemical mutagenesis. In a mouse model, the strain was shown to be 1500 times less virulent, showed similar kinetics of disappearance in the kidney as its parental strain, and a good degree of protection against a challenge from homologous and heterologous strains.

[学科分类] 兽医学