Vaccines: Theory and Practice

Catalog description

Broad overview of veterinary vaccines and vaccine programs used in contemporary small and large animal medicine, the poultry industry, aquaculture and equine practice. Considers general guidelines for vaccine use, and the process underlying vaccine development from an industry and scientific perspective. Addresses fundamental mechanisms governing vaccine efficacy, as well as recent advances in the use of carriers, adjuvants and immunostimulants, attenuated pathogens, recombinant subunit vaccines, viral and bacterial vectors for vaccine delivery, and genetic immunization with DNA and mRNA. Finally, the ethics and public perception of vaccine use is discussed.