Newcastle disease (ND) is one of the most devastating poultry diseases and can affect a broad range of avian species. Being a good animal model virus, and with the availability of reverse genetics, the pathobiology of ND virus (NDV) has been well studied. However, despite effective and safe vaccine ...

Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a contagious and fatal infectious pathogen that is distributed worldwide. It not only affects carnivores, but also emerging susceptible hosts including rodents and non-human primates. Epidemiological investigations have intensively studied CDV by H gene-based...

This chapter examines innovations in human and veterinary vaccines against infections and intellectual property rights (IPR) issues in biotechnology from the Brazilian perspective. From this perspective, it proposes a comprehensive approach to vaccine innovation in the developing world, examining...

This book chapter discusses current progress and challenges to the development of novel vaccines for the control of tuberculous disease in both humans and cattle.

This chapter discusses the utility of rabbits as disease models for tuberculosis research, highlighting its advantages in studies of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (i.e., tuberculous meningitis), active and latent tuberculous infection, molecular correlates of immune response to...

This chapter reviews advances in tuberculosis research made possible by the guineapig disease model, highlighting their contributions to understanding basic host responses to tuberculosis infection, as well as to the current search for novel strategies of disease control.

This chapter discusses the use of non-human primates as disease models for tuberculosis (TB) research, highlighting their important contributions to current knowledge in TB pathogenesis, protective immunity, vaccine-induced protection, drug therapy and novel treatment strategies.

Rinderpest was one of the most devastating veterinary diseases affecting even-toed ungulates until it was eradicated globally in 2011. Caused by the rinderpest virus (RPV), at its height rinderpest was prevalent in many parts of Europe, Africa and Asia. An ancient disease documented first by Roman...

This pig disease appeared in the early 1980s, but problems associated with the virus still remain. The dense population of pigs in the Mexican states of Michoacán, Jalisco and Guanajuato are the main focus of porcine rubulavirus may infection. The epidemiology of this disease is not fully clear....

The genus Listeria consists of eight species: Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria innocua, Listeria ivanovii, Listeria seeligeri, Listeria welshimeri, Listeria grayi, Listeria rocourtii and Listeria marthii. Among Listeria species only L. monocytogenes and L. ivanovii are pathogenic to humans and...