ANIMAL HEALTH
A guide to common animal inoculations
I
noculation involves the
introduction, usually by
injection, of a serum,
antigen, or a weakened form
of a disease-producing
pathogen into the body of the
animal, to create immunity to
the disease. The animal
should therefore be in good
health when taken for
inoculation or vaccination. Do
not vaccinate if the animal is
stressed, exhausted, nutritionally deprived or has recently
been ill. Certain vaccines
should not be given to
pregnant animals.
Vaccines aren't miracle shields
against disease, but they do
bring about increased
immunity against disease.
Vaccines are made from
either dead or weakened
viruses (modified live – MLV)
and are given either individually or as a group
(multivalent).
There are on-going debates
about whether livestockown