Twenty four dairy cows at 7 d after calving were randomly assigned to four groups(three immunized group and one control group), the three immunized group of cows were primarily immunized(injection day as 0 d) with 3 mL(per cattle cow) of recombinant bacterium C500(pXAIS) delivering the inhibin gene vaccine(a kind of DNA vaccine without antibiotic resistance gene) in a high(1010 CFU/mL), middle(109 CFU/mL) or low(108 CFU/mL) dosage, the control group of cows were intramuscularly immunized with physiological saline(3 mL per cattl...