AVS-3100 Lecture 9: Animal Health Lect 9
15 Feb 2017
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Some people believe we shouldn"t vaccinate at all. Not vaccinating can lead to pandemic that cannot be controlled. In rare cases vaccines can trigger not cause certain bad effects, genetically the problem is already there. Small pox was the rst biological warfare (how the europeans conquered the native. The best was to produce vaccines is to infect embryonate eggs and let the virus grow then recover the vaccine from the egg, some cannot get the vaccine because they are allergic to eggs. In public health, you treat the average; some over respond some under respond. Cats and dogs are vaccinated for rabies for the protection of public health (humans) Zoonotic diseases: animal diseases that are transferable to humans. Vaccination: root word vacca: cow; induce immunity against disease, induces an immune response. Immunization: process that creates immunity, immune cells are active and produce effector molecules and cells.
