Table-2.

Monitoring parameters used most commonly to evaluate the effects of mastitis vaccines in dairy cows.

References	Monitoring parameters
Freick et al. [11]	Somatic cell count Milk bacterial culture Milk production Clinical mastitis cases incidence and severity
Bradley et al. [12]	Milk production Clinical mastitis cases incidence and severity
Landin et al. [13]	Somatic cell count Milk bacterial culture Milk production Clinical mastitis cases incidence and severity Cow survival
Czernomysy-Furowicz et al. [19]	Milk bacterial culture Clinical mastitis cases incidence and severity
Schukken et al. [6]	Clinical mastitis cases incidence and severity Cure rate
Magaš et al. [20]	Somatic cell count Milk IgG concentrations
Prenafeta et al. [21]	Somatic cell count Serum and milk IgG concentrations Clinical mastitis severity S. aureus count in milk
Middleton et al. [15]	Somatic cell count Milk bacterial culture Milk IgG concentrations Clinical mastitis cases incidence and severity
Wilson et al. [16]	J5- serum specific IgG concentrations Milk production Clinical mastitis cases incidence and severity Cull rate
Chang et al. [17]	Somatic cell count Milk bacterial culture Serum IgG concentrations
Slobodanka et al. [22]	Somatic cell count Milk IgG concentrations Clinical and subclinical mastitis incidence and severity
Lee et al. [23]	Serum IgG concentrations
Leitner et al. [18]	Somatic cell count Serum IgG concentrations Clinical mastitis cases severity

IgG=Immunoglobulin, S. aureus=Staphylococcus aureus