Animal Vaccination, Part 2 Scientific, Economic, Regulatory and Socio-ethical Aspects

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Language: Trilingual in English, French, and Spanish

Vaccination, when available, is undoubtedly the most cost-effective means to prevent and control or even eradicate infectious diseases. In recent years vaccination has also been used for other purposes in animal welfare and production, such as for immuno-castration. In fact the impact of vaccination goes far beyond the simple control of infectious diseases. Vaccination will therefore help to reach many of the objectives of the 2005 Millenium development goals report, especially in the light of the foreseen livestock revolution.

Public perception and disapproval of some veterinary prophylactic measures, such as mass slaughtering of livestock to control epizootic diseases, also contribute to drive vaccination as an alternative. This will be made easier, thanks to recent progress in veterinary vaccinology, such as the availability of marker vaccines. This special issue of the OIE Scientific and Technical Review is aiming at providing useful generic information instead of giving detailed technical descriptions of specific diseases or vaccines.

Contents

- Economics of animal vaccination
- Animal vaccination and the evolution of viral pathogens
- Safe use of vaccines and vaccine compliance with food safety requirements
- Marker vaccines and the impact of their use on diagnosis and prophylactic measures
- OIE standards for vaccines and future trends
- Regulatory requirements for vaccine authorisation
- Regulatory issues surrounding the temporary authorisation of animal vaccination in emergency situations: the example of bluetongue in Europe
- International harmonisation of regulatory requirements
- Authorisation within the European Union of vaccines against antigenically variable viruses responsible for major epizootic diseases
- Regulations for vaccines against emerging infections and agrobioterrorism in the United States of America
- Animal experimentation in the discovery and production of veterinary vaccines
- Consumer attitudes to vaccination of food-producing animals
- Vaccines for immunological control of fertility in animals
- Animal vaccination and the veterinary pharmaceutical industry
- The opinion of the production sector on the role of vaccines in the control and eradication of livestock diseases in Argentina
- Conclusions - Future trends in veterinary vaccinology
- Appendice - Vaccination guidelines: a bridge between official requirements and the daily use of vaccines
- Appendice - Recommendations of the OIE International Conference on the Control of Infectious Animal Diseases by Vaccination, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13 to 16 April 2004
- Appendice - Vaccines and OIE listed diseases

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