title: Evidence-based immunization in horses.
abstract: Evidence of vaccine efficacy is essential for practitioners when giving advice to clients about the relative merits of different vaccines or when trying to evaluate the economic benefits of instituting a vaccine program. In equine veterinary medicine, this sort of data, which are necessary to make informed decisions about vaccine use and effectiveness, are often not available. Veterinarians need to consider the epidemiology of the disease in question, the type of vaccine that they are administering to the animal, the immunologic constraints of the vaccine technology, and the available evidence of efficacy when they are evaluating which vaccine to use or whether to vaccinate at all.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barquero
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gilkerson
authors.forename: J Richard
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006736:Horses; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D014612:Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines