Patents Examined by Nito Minnifield
  • vaccine
    Patent number: 7204993
    Abstract: A composition prepared from intact killed cells of isolated ?-hemolytic Streptococcus agalactiae and a concentrated extract of a culture of ?-hemolytic Streptococcus agalactiae, is effective for the protection of fish against infection by the same and other virulent strains Streptococcus agalactiae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Joyce J. Evans, Phillip H. Klesius, Craig A. Shoemaker