Vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics for food producing animals. Part 2: new approaches and potential solutions

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Title: Vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics for food producing animals. Part 2: new approaches and potential solutions
Authors: Karin Hoelzer, Lisa Bielke, Damer P. Blake, Eric Cox, Simon M. Cutting, Bert Devriendt, Elisabeth Erlacher-Vindel, Evy Goossens, Kemal Karaca, Stephane Lemiere, Martin Metzner, Margot Raicek, Miquel Collell Suriñach, Nora M. Wong, Cyril Gay, Filip Van Immerseel
Source: Veterinary Research, Vol 49, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2018)
Publisher Information: BMC, 2018.
Publication Year: 2018
Collection: LCC:Veterinary medicine
Subject Terms: Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100
More Details: Abstract Vaccines and other alternative products are central to the future success of animal agriculture because they can help minimize the need for antibiotics by preventing and controlling infectious diseases in animal populations. To assess scientific advancements related to alternatives to antibiotics and provide actionable strategies to support their development, the United States Department of Agriculture, with support from the World Organisation for Animal Health, organized the second International Symposium on Alternatives to Antibiotics. It focused on six key areas: vaccines; microbial-derived products; non-nutritive phytochemicals; immune-related products; chemicals, enzymes, and innovative drugs; and regulatory pathways to enable the development and licensure of alternatives to antibiotics. This article, the second part in a two-part series, highlights new approaches and potential solutions for the development of vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics in food producing animals; opportunities, challenges and needs for the development of such vaccines are discussed in the first part of this series. As discussed in part 1 of this manuscript, many current vaccines fall short of ideal vaccines in one or more respects. Promising breakthroughs to overcome these limitations include new biotechnology techniques, new oral vaccine approaches, novel adjuvants, new delivery strategies based on bacterial spores, and live recombinant vectors; they also include new vaccination strategies in-ovo, and strategies that simultaneously protect against multiple pathogens. However, translating this research into commercial vaccines that effectively reduce the need for antibiotics will require close collaboration among stakeholders, for instance through public–private partnerships. Targeted research and development investments and concerted efforts by all affected are needed to realize the potential of vaccines to improve animal health, safeguard agricultural productivity, and reduce antibiotic consumption and resulting resistance risks.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1297-9716
Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-018-0561-7; https://doaj.org/toc/1297-9716
DOI: 10.1186/s13567-018-0561-7
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/69d8b339e90b4ddeb51b5657e3fde85f
Accession Number: edsdoj.69d8b339e90b4ddeb51b5657e3fde85f
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:12979716
DOI:10.1186/s13567-018-0561-7
Published in:Veterinary Research
Language:English