DETECTION, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF PAPILLOMATOUS DIGITAL DERMATITIS IN RUMINANTS COMPRISING A THERAPEUTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF SERPENS SPP

摘要

The present invention relates to the use of Serpens spp. bacteria or bacterin in compositions, such as vaccines, and methods for the detection, prevention and/or treatment of Papillomatous Digital Dermatitis in ruminants. The present invention also provides biologically pure Serpens spp. strain HBL-112, and biologically pure Serpens spp. strain HBL-112 bacterin.