Vaccines for Veterinarians (Broché)

Everything you need to know about today's animal vaccination options. At a time when resistance to human vaccination is receiving much publicity, this innovative and evidence-based book is the ideal resource to help ground you in the basic science of animal immunology as well as guide you in all the practical details of vaccine use on both major and minor species. - Well-respected and experienced veterinary author, Ian R.
Tizard, provides expert guidance on the topic of vaccinations and immunology in veterinary medicine. - Expert Consult site offers an online version of the book making it easy to search the entire book electronically. - The latest information on viral vectored vaccines keeps you up-to-date on the topic as well as the properties and relative advantages of currently used vectors in animal vaccines. - Survey of vaccine responses covers the different mechanisms by which the immune system responds to different types of vaccines.
- Inclusion of the latest vaccine technologies discusses the advantages and disadvantages of DNA-plasmid vaccines, RNA vaccines, and more. - Coverage of adverse events and hypersensitivities includes the best ways to treat and report them. - Coverage of passive immunization discusses the growing use of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in veterinary medicine. - Coverage of immunotherapy includes recent improvements and new products in both active and passive immunotherapy against animal cancers.