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immunological applications to animal health and production
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Cooperative Research Project on Management of Biological Resources.
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
OECD Workshop: Use of Vaccines in Agriculture.
Pt. 1. Introduction -- Vaccines in animal production: problems and opportunities / P. A. Jennings -- Traditional and novel uses for vaccines -- Generic problems -- Wider issues -- Commercial perspectives on the development and application of veterinary vaccines / K. J. Fahey -- Strategy for a mature industry -- Quality -- Regulatory issues.
Attitude of the european community to vaccines / J.M. Westergaard -- The European community -- Disease control and vaccination strategies -- Procedures for marketing authorisation for vaccines within the european community -- Cooperation with the european pharmacopeia, office international des epizootics and the industry -- Use of vaccines in the future -- Pt. 2. The Immune system -- Immunological effector mechanisms in ruminants / D.L. Watson, I.G. Colditz and H.S. Gill -- Passive immunity and the young ruminant -- Humaral and cell-mediated immunity -- Immune mechanisms expressed in organs and tissues.
The Major histocompatibility complex system of vertebrates / K.L. Beh and A.N. Blattman -- Genetic structure of the mhc -- Cytokines and regulation of the immune response / P.R. Wood, H.F. Seow and J.S. Rothel -- Antibody production and isotype switching -- Cytokines and infectious diseases -- Effector mechannisms -- Cytokines as adjuvants -- Usefulness of egg white derivatives (ewd) and recombinant bovine interferon alpha1 (rbolfna1) in veterinary medicine / Y. Hirota ... [et. al].
Materials and methods -- Results -- The B-subunit of escherichia coli heat labile enterotoxin as a non-living oral delivery vehicle for attached epitopes and its application in the development of a porcine anti-diarrhoeal vaccine / T.O. Nahar, S. Eaglestone and T.R. Hirst -- Etxb and etxb-fusion proteins: their immunological properties and vaccine potential -- Approaches to the development of recombinant vaccines against diarrhoea caused by enterotoxigenic strains of escherichia coli -- Pt. 3. Reproduction -- Endocrine, gamete and conceptus antigens as targets for immunocontraceptive vaccines: application in farm animals / M.J. D'Occhio.
Targets for reproductive antigen vaccines -- Development of a lhrh vaccine for cattle -- Future developments in contraceptive vaccines -- Vaxstrate-the commercial perspective / T.E. Trigg -- History -- The Development process -- Definition of the technology -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Quality control -- Vaxstrate assays -- Stability and shelf life -- Registration -- Claims -- Manipulation of reproduction of sheep and cattle by vaccination against inhibin-related peptides / B.M. Bindon ... [et. al.]
Characterisation and subunit nature of inhibin -- Physiological role of inhibin during the oestrous cycle -- Inhibin immunogens -- Inhibin vaccination effects on ovulation rate and prolificacy puberty and embryo production --Inhibin vaccination in the male -- Pt. 4. Growth and metabolism -- Active immunisation against growth hormone releasing factor: effects on growth, metabolism and reproduction in cattle and swine / J.D. Armstrong ... [et. al.] -- Effect of grfi on antibody production, hormones and metabolites -- Effect of grfi on growth and lactation -- Effect of grfi on ovarian function.
Effects of immunisation against insulin-like growth factors / J.J. Bass, S.C. Hodgkinson and G.S.G. Spencer -- Immunoneutralisation -- Growth hormone control -- Receptor antibodies -- Immunomodulation of hormones of the hypothalamic-pitiutary-adrenal axis and animal productivity / P.C. Wynn ... [et. al.] -- The Nature of the response to stress: a historical perspective -- The Physiological role of the glucocorticoids -- Glucocorticoids and immunity -- Physiological roles of other hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -- The Influence of acute and chronic stress on the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
Mechanism of action of antibodies -- Passive immunisation-advantages and limitations -- Active immunisation -- Antibody specificity -- Species specificity -- Targeting precursor cells -- Pt. 5. Environmental control -- Use of viruses as vectors for immunosterilisation of feral pest mammals / C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe -- Immunoprotection against viral pathogens -- Feral animal control by infection with species-specific pathogens -- Immunosterilisation with a recombinant virus -- Reproductive immunology -- Molecular virology and antigen delivery -- Poplulation ecology and epidemiology -- Legal and ethical issues of viral-ectored immunosterilisation.
Immunomodulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis hormones and animal productivity -- Antihormone receptor vaccines -- Functional modulation of b-adrenergic receptors by specific ligands and antibodies / A.D. Strosberg -- Structure and function of the three b-adrenergic receptor subtypess -- Antibodies prepared against whole bar -- Anti-idiotypic antibodies specific for bar -- Antibodies prepared against synthetic bar peptides -- Manipulation of body fat using antibodies raised against plasma membrane antigens of adipocytes / D.J. Flint ... [et. al.] -- Cytoxic effects of antibodies to adipocyte plasma membranes.
Immunising livestock against plant-associated toxins in australia: ecological and economic perspectives / R.A. McKenzie -- Vaccination against low molecular weight natural toxicants / J.A. Edgar -- Pimelea poisoning of cattle / G.C. Pegg ... [et. al.] -- Pt. 6. Pathogens -- Applications of recombinant dna technologies in the development of a vaccine: examples in the development of a vaccine against babesia / G.S. Harper ... [et. al.] -- Vaccination against ectoparasites / P. Willadsen -- Bacterial vaccine vectors / A.L.M. Hodgson -- Viral vaccines for animal disease control / D.B. Boyle -- Vaccination against parasites in livestock / M. W. Lightowlers -- Pt. 7. Summary -- Summary of final discussion / D. Lindasay ... [et. al.]
This book is ... based on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) workshop 'Use of Vaccines in Agriculture'."--Pref."
"Sponsors: SmithKline Beecham Animal Health; Cooperative Research Project on Management of Biological Resources of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)."
Includes bibliographical references and index.