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Livestock Vaccines: How They Work and How to Ensure They Do Their Job

Published: August 24, 2012
Summary
Vaccines are suspensions of microorganisms administered with the goal of stimulating the body's immune system against these same organisms, thereby preventing a clinical disease or reducing its severity. The agents included in vaccines are inactivated or modified such that, once introduced into the body, they do not cause clinical illness.  Vaccine Types Inactivated ("killed") vacc...
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Russ Daly, DVM, DACVPM
South Dakota State University
South Dakota State University
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Dr.g.guruprabhakar
4 de septiembre de 2012
Good article. The do's and don't are very practical.
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Dr Usman
5 de septiembre de 2012
I liked it too,
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Mona M. Sobhy
5 de septiembre de 2012
Dr. Russ Very good article well done Dr. Mona
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Emrah Özen
10 de septiembre de 2012
Thank's for short and effective guideline.
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DrKhalid Pervaiz
11 de septiembre de 2012
very informative article.
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Erick Mohapi
27 de octubre de 2017
Insightful..... Lots of vets and paravets still need to be re-educated on the subject as many seems to lack a lot. What we see on the field and practice facilities cannot be equated to the level of professionalism.
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