Veterinary Vaccines
Category: Vaccines | Immunology
Veterinary Vaccines with a Focus on Bovine Mastitis
from John R. Middleton writing in Vaccine Design: Innovative Approaches and Novel Strategies
While novel approaches to vaccination against diseases of veterinary importance are being explored, currently marketed products, in general, employ old technology with the majority of products still being killed, modified live, or toxoid preparations. Due to the breadth of diseases encountered in veterinary medicine and the large number of vaccines marketed and under development, a recent review focuses on vaccines aimed at preventing bovine mastitis with a particular focus on Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that not only causes mastitis in cattle, but is a leading cause human infection. Vaccine developments for S. aureus in cattle will be compared with research aimed at preventing staphylococcal infection in humans. There are other available vaccines aimed at preventing bovine mastitis serving to illustrate that the goals of vaccination may differ depending on the type of infection being prevented.
Further reading: Vaccine Design: Innovative Approaches and Novel Strategies
from John R. Middleton writing in Vaccine Design: Innovative Approaches and Novel Strategies
While novel approaches to vaccination against diseases of veterinary importance are being explored, currently marketed products, in general, employ old technology with the majority of products still being killed, modified live, or toxoid preparations. Due to the breadth of diseases encountered in veterinary medicine and the large number of vaccines marketed and under development, a recent review focuses on vaccines aimed at preventing bovine mastitis with a particular focus on Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that not only causes mastitis in cattle, but is a leading cause human infection. Vaccine developments for S. aureus in cattle will be compared with research aimed at preventing staphylococcal infection in humans. There are other available vaccines aimed at preventing bovine mastitis serving to illustrate that the goals of vaccination may differ depending on the type of infection being prevented.
Further reading: Vaccine Design: Innovative Approaches and Novel Strategies