Under his direction, the Institute entered its «modern era» and embarked on a major effort to create
vaccines against viral diseases and study the biology of cancer.
Kang's primary research focuses on designing and developing effective
vaccines against viral diseases such as influenza virus and RSV, but he partnered with a university and research institutes in South Korea that wanted international collaborative projects to study if ginseng can be used to improve health and protect against disease because of the potential benefit in fighting these viruses.
Historically,
vaccines against viral diseases have used live - attenuated (weakened) viruses or inactivated whole viruses to induce protective immune responses.
Not exact matches
The
vaccine administered in the study was for
viral influenza — a
disease against which doctors recommend patients be vaccinated annually.
Chicken farmers in Australia were using two live
vaccines, both made from Australian
viral strains,
against a poultry
disease called infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT).
Vaccines are designed to protect animals
against bacterial and
viral diseases.
These
vaccines all protect
against dangerous
viral diseases, and they are:
The risks of coronavirus infection are not as great as other
viral diseases, so The American Animal Hospital Association's Canine
Vaccine Guidelines advise
against routinely vaccinating for coronavirus.
Feline
Viral Rhinotracheitis, Calcivirus and Panleukopenia (FVRCP): Commonly referred to as a «distemper
vaccine,» this combination
vaccine protects
against common contagious
diseases.
So why are vets and
vaccine manufacturers still trying to get us to vaccinate
against viral disease every year, or even three - yearly — especially when you consider the risk?
Bordetella bronchisepticais one of the main causes of this
disease and together with the most common
viral cause, parainfluenza, can be protected
against with a separate intra-nasal
vaccine administered as drops up the nose.
Distemper (DHPP): This
vaccine protects
against the common, serious
diseases Canine Distemper, Canine
Viral Hepatitis, Canine Parvovirus, and Canine Parainfluenza.
Many
vaccines are available providing protection
against the following
diseases: infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) virus, bovine
viral diarrhea (BVD) virus Types 1 and 2, bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) and parainfluenza virus 3 (PI3).
The core
vaccine for all dogs is the DAPP
vaccine, which protects
against two major deadly
viral diseases, canine parvovirus and distemper virus.
The core
vaccine for kittens is called FVRCP, which protects
against three common infectious
diseases (feline
viral rhinotracheitis, calcivirus and panleukopenia).
The most commonly used
vaccine against panleukopenia, herpesvirus and calicivirus is a multivalent
vaccine: it contains
viral antigens for several
diseases together in the same dose, and is commonly abbreviated as the «FVRCP»
vaccine.