Epizootic Bovine Abortion (EBA) Vaccine: An Association with Early Fetal Mortality?

A live EBA vaccine has been developed to reduce losses from Foothill Abortion, a devastating disease confronting California ranchers. Safety and efficacy studies of live EBA vaccine candidate are extremely promising, but there are some indications the vaccine may be associated with early fetal mortality. This goal of this study is to determine if the vaccine is associate with early fetal mortalities.

 Jeffrey Stott, jlstott@ucdavis.edu

Professor, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine