Associate Professor Isis Kanevsky-Mullarky is working to develop a vaccine that will prevent Staphylococcus aureus in cows.
Cows produce more milk and cost farmers less in treatment costs when they are healthy. But a common bacterial infection, Staphylococcus aureus, can end up spreading disease among animals and whittling away dairy farmers’ profits in record time.
Isis Kanevsky-Mullarky, an associate professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Dairy Science, leads a research team that is attempting to combat S. aureus infections in dairy herds and helping to ensure dairy cows are healthier by protecting them from developing the prevalent and painful bacterial infection in the first place. Continue reading
