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In Cold and Flu

What is in a vaccine that makes the vaccine effective?

Pieces (or synthetic pieces) of the disease causing organism called antigens that can be recognized by the immune system as something that does not belong in the body. This pr… (MORE)
In Conditions and Diseases

Which vaccine is an example of killed vaccines?

Cholera Vaccine. Flu vaccines formulated for injection use inert/inactive virus particles ("dead"), while flu vaccines for nasal mist are made as a LAIV (live attenuated inf… (MORE)
In Conditions and Diseases

What is in a vaccine that makes a vaccine effective?

A vaccine is basically made of a small amount of the disease-causing organism, either inert/inactive/in pieces or alive but attenuated (weakened so it can not make you sick), … (MORE)
In Conditions and Diseases

Why do you have vaccinations?

  Vaccination introduce small amount of a disease to your body so that your natural immune systems builds anti-bodies and such to fight the disease. This makes your immune… (MORE)
In Cows and Cattle

What vaccines do cows have to get?

Only those that will fight against bacteria or viruses that have occured in your herd in the past. If you don't have any health problems, or haven't had any concerns in your h… (MORE)
In Health

Is there a vaccine for adenovirus?

Not exactly. Adenovirus is a family of 40 different virus' that each cause severe cold-like symptoms. At one time the military did in fact have a vaccine and routinely immuniz… (MORE)

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In Health

What are vaccinations?

Vaccinations are methods of introducing antigens into your body to get your body's immune system to react to them by producing antibodies to kill them or inactivate them, whic… (MORE)
In Conditions and Diseases

Why is a vaccine called a vaccine?

The words vaccine and vaccination were made up by Edward Jenner who  experimented with vaccines including the smallpox  vaccination in 1790 which could be prevented from occ… (MORE)
In Health

Why do we get vaccinated?

 to avoid getting the disease ourselves  to minimize the severity and duration if we do get the  disease  to create "herd immunity" in the population, slowing the spread … (MORE)