Correct vaccination of dogs and cats requires consideration of a broad range of clinical situations and vaccination options, and obliges veterinary surgeons to constantly update their knowledge in order to appropriately deal with the challenges that arise in daily clinical practice. Using a thoroughly practical approach, this book takes an in-depth look at vaccines and vaccination to provide veterinary professionals with the information they require to address the many doubts and questions that arise in relation to this topic.
Correct vaccination of dogs and cats requires consideration of a broad range of clinical situations and vaccination options, and obliges veterinary surgeons to constantly update their knowledge in order to appropriately deal with the challenges that arise in daily clinical practice. Using a thoroughly practical approach, this book takes an in-depth look at vaccines and vaccination to provide veterinary professionals with the information they require to address the many doubts and questions that arise in relation to this topic.
KEY FEATURES:
➜ Provides answers to the most frequent doubts about vaccination in cats and dogs.
➜ Includes recommendations about when and how to vaccinate small animals depending on the disease and situation.
➜ Review of the current knowledge on infectious diseases and how they are prevented
written by renowned experts in the field.
Authors:
FERNANDO FARIÑAS (EDITOR)
Expert in the fields of clinical immunology and infectious diseases.
MARÍA LUISA PALMERO
Degree in veterinary medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Gattos cat hospital, Madrid.
RAFAEL ASTORGA
PhD in veterinary medicine from the University of Murcia, Spain. Full professor of animal health at the University of Córdoba.
Table of Contents:
1. Unit 1: Basic vaccinology
Chapter 1. Immunological aspects of vaccination
Chapter 2. Characteristics, types, and composition of vaccines
Chapter 3. Immunisation failures
Chapter 4. Introduction to vaccine reactions
Chapter 5. Frequently asked questions about small animal vaccination
2. Unit 2: Canine vaccination
Chapter 6. Parvovirus vaccine failure: myths and realities
Chapter 7. Vaccination against leptospirosis
Chapter 8. Rabies vaccination
Chapter 9. Vaccine protocols
Chapter 10. Vaccination in special circumstances
Chapter 11. Vaccination against Leishmania
3. Unit 3: Feline vaccination
Chapter 12. Vaccination against feline retroviruses
Chapter 13. Vaccination against feline infectious peritonitis
Chapter 14. Vaccination against calicivirus
Chapter 15.Vaccination against herpesviruses
Chapter 16. Vaccination against panleukopaenia
Chapter 17. Vaccination against feline chlamydiosis
Chapter 18. Feline vaccination protocol
Chapter 19. Frequently asked questions about feline vaccination
Data sheet
Specific References
Correct vaccination of dogs and cats requires consideration of a broad range of clinical situations and vaccination options, and obliges veterinary surgeons to constantly update their knowledge in order to appropriately deal with the challenges that arise in daily clinical practice. Using a thoroughly practical approach, this book takes an in-depth look at vaccines and vaccination to provide veterinary professionals with the information they require to address the many doubts and questions that arise in relation to this topic.
