Fusobacterium necrophorum vaccine patented for cattle

A newly patented vaccine by Kansas State University researchers could be good news for meat consumers. The researchers developed a solution that could provide effective, antibiotic-free prevention of Fusobacterium necrophorum infection. The bacterium afflicts sheep and cattle with liver abscesses, calf diphtheria and foot rot or abscesses. Currently, antibiotics are used to control these infections, ["]