Vaccines
Animals, just like humans, suffer from arange of infectious diseases. Asveterinary medicine has advanced, prevention of disease has become apriority. One of the best means ofprevention is by creating immunity in the animal. This is usually achieved by vaccination.
By the turn of the millennium, theprinciple of vaccination has been established for 200 years. Since those earlydays, enormous strides have been made in the development of vaccines which havehelped to prevent and in some cases eliminate disease in humans, farm animalsand the family pet.
Vaccination also reduces the amount ofpharmaceutical treatments (such as antibiotics) used to control establisheddiseases and, in many instances, has prevented long term suffering and death.
Briefing Documents
· FMD culling policy, 19 June 2002
General overview of vaccination ofcompanion animals
Dog vaccines: your questions answered
Foot & Mouth Disease Vaccination
Pharmacovigilance: MonitoringSuspected Adverse Reactions to Animal Medicines
Press releases
Act now to travel with pets thissummer (7 January 2000)
Further information
The Pet TravelScheme - what you have to do to bring your dog or cat into Britain withoutputting it into quarantine. This sitealso tells you about quarantine in Britain for animals that dont qualify forthe Pet Travel Scheme (PETS).