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Antibodies

Proteins found in blood or other bodily fluids of vertebrates used by the immune system to identify and neutralize bacteria and viruses

Antigen

Substance that promotes?

Vaccine

Suspension of infectious agents

Monovalent vaccine

Protects against one disease

Multivalent vaccine

Protects against more than one disease, many combinations

Live vaccine

NOT USED! Good response, bad reactions

Modified live vaccine

Attenuated just enough, can multiply, can't cause the disease, fastest vaccine

Killed vaccine

Leukemia and rabies, can't reproduce, have adjuvants

Adjuvant

Added chemicals to killed vaccines, can cause allergic reactions

Recombinant vaccines

Pick and choose parts of organism that are best at creating immune response

4 criteria for developing vaccines

Must know cause of disease


Immune response must be protective


Risks of vaccinating can't exceed risks caused by disease itself


Know proper storage and handling

Administration of vaccines

SQ, IM, IN, transdermal, aerosolization, food or water, solution

Distemper is given...

8, 12, and 16 weeks

Rabies is give...

12 weeks

Lyme is given...

10, 14 weeks

Bordatella is given...

8 weeks

Vaccine failure caused by...

Already sick


Not stored properly


Given by wrong route


Bad batch- keep lot number


Not prepped correctly


Used too much alcohol


On steroids or antibiotics


Don't get it all in

Adverse reactions

Injection site reaction, allergic response, neurologic complication, possible abortion, can cause tumors


response, neurologic complication, possible abortion, can cause tumorsGive injections low on leg


Give injections low on leg