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SHORT CONTRIBUTION: Needle‐free vaccination in sheep
Author(s) -
Colditz IG,
Paull DR
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2010.00611.x
Subject(s) - vaccination , toxoid , tetanus , medicine , antibody , immunology
Multi‐dose vaccinators have been in use for many years to vaccinate livestock. A number of needle‐free vaccinators that use compressed gas to drive the vaccine through intact skin have been recently introduced to the market. We recently examined the efficacy of a needle‐free vaccinator to induce antibodies to tetanus toxoid in sheep. The result indicates that needle‐free vaccination can stimulate antibody responses comparable to conventional needle vaccination.