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A current perspective on availability of tools, resources and networks for veterinary immunology
- Abstract::
- There are many diseases of fish, livestock and companion animals that impact negatively on animal health, welfare and productivity and for which there are no effective vaccines. The development of new vaccines is reliant on the availability of well-characterised immunological tools and reagents to understand host-pathogen interactions and identify protective immune responses. Veterinary immunology has always lagged behind mouse and human immunology in terms of development and availability of tools and reagents. However, several initiatives are underway to address this. The Veterinary Immunology Committee (VIC) Toolkit was initiated 6years ago at the sixth International Veterinary Immunology Symposium (IVIS) in Uppsala and in the intervening period there have been several notable developments that have advanced reagent development and information exchange. This review will discuss advances in veterinary reagent development, networks, databases and commercial availability with particular reference to the second VIC Toolkit workshop held at the eighth IVIS in Ouro Preto, Brazil on the 15th of August 2007.
- Author(s):
- Entrican, Gary , Lunney, Joan K. , Rutten, Victor P. , Baldwin, Cynthia L.
- Subject(s):
- animal diseases , literature reviews , vaccination , vaccines , vaccine development , immunologic factors , vaccine adjuvants , immune response , animal models , mice , information exchange , networks , databases , organizations
- Description:
- In the special issue: The 8th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium / edited by Isabel Santos, Joan K. Lunney, and Beatriz Rossetti Ferreira.
- Source:
- Veterinary immunology and immunopathology 2009 Mar. 15, v. 128, no. 1-3
- Language:
- English
- Year:
- 2009
- Publisher:
- Amsterdam: Elsevier
- Collection:
- Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
- File:
- Download [PDF]
- Rights:
- Works produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted.
