Vaccines for Veterinarians

Ian R. Tizard, BVMS, BSc, PhD, DSc (Hons), DACVM, is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists and a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Immunology, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, The Texas Veterinary Medical Center at Texas A &M University (TAMU), College Station, Texas, USA. Dr. Tizard earned his Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1965. He then completed a Bachelor of Science in Pathology and a PhD in Immunology. After completing his studies, Dr. Tizard became a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Guelph, where he remained as a professor until 1982 when he moved to TAMU. Dr. Tizard wrote the first standardized textbook on Veterinary Immunology in 1977. This text, now in its 11th edition, is used worldwide, and has played a major role in establishing Immunology among the key disciplines.

• 1.A Brief History of Veterinary Vaccines 2.The Science Behind Vaccine Use 3.Nonliving Vaccines 4.Living Vaccines 5.Recombinant Vectored Vaccines 6.Nucleic Acid Vaccines and Reverse Vaccinology 7.Adjuvants and Adjuvanticity 8.The Administration of Vaccines 9.Failures in Vaccination 10.Adverse Consequences of Vaccination 11.Production, Assessment and Regulation of Vaccines 12.Passive Immunization 13.Canine Vaccines 14.Feline Vaccines 15.Equine Vaccines 16.Bovine Vaccines 17.Sheep and Goat Vaccines 18.Porcine Vaccines 19.Poultry Vaccines 20.Vaccination of Exotic and Wild Species 21.Fish Vaccines 22.Vaccines Against Parasites 23.Anticancer Vaccines Index