FMD vaccination by design using DNA
Researchers at the Institute for Animal Health have examined a new type of vaccination regime that protects cattle against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). This regime features the use of a DNA vaccine approach and the experimental results show that such vaccines have the potential, with further development, to protect against this important disease. Such vaccines do not require high containment facilities for production, making them easier to design and cheaper to produce than current vaccines against FMD. The research was published last week inAntiviral Research.