Main description:

This book provides an in-depth explanation of the advantages and current limitations of recombinant plant-made vaccines for use in veterinary medicine, including for livestock, pets, and wild animals. Written by top scientists in the field, it discusses the background to and latest scientific advances in plant-made vaccines for the most commonly targeted veterinary infections.
With the recent high-profile research into recombinant plant-made therapeutics for Ebola and Zika viruses, it is likely that the products will be commercialized and widely used in the future. Plant-made therapeutics have a variety of advantages over those made in traditional systems; however, their most fruitful application may be in veterinary medicine, due to less stringent regulations and a greater need for low-cost products.

Contents:

Preface

1) History and promise of plant-made vaccines for animals

Ed Rybicki

2) Plant transformation strategies

Veronica Araceli Marquez-Escobar, Omar Gonzalez-Ortega, Sergio Rosales-Mendoza

Vaccines for wild, feral and companion animals

3) Rabies and related lyssaviruses

Charles E. Rupprecht, Rachel Chikwamba

4) A comprehensive review of Toxoplasma gondii biology and host-cell interaction: challenges for a plant-based vaccine

Valeria Sander, Sergio O. Angel, Marina Clemente

5) Vaccines against West Nile virus

Haiyan Sun, Qiang Chen

Vaccines for poultry

6) Plant-made veterinary vaccines for Newcastle disease virus

David R. Thomas, Amanda M. Walmsley

7) Infectious bursal disease virus

Evangelina Gomez, Soledad Lucero, Matias Richetta, Silvina Chimeno Zoth, Analia Berinstein

8) Plant-produced avian influenza antigens

Yanaysi Ceballo, Alina Lopez, Kenia Tiel, Abel Hernandez

9) Plant-made vaccines against avian reovirus

Ching-Chun Chang, Hung-Jen Liu

Vaccines for swine

10) Toward the optimization of a plant-based oral vaccine against cysticercosis

Edda Sciutto, Marisela Hernandez, Jacquelynne Cervantes-Torres, Elizabeth Monreal-

Escalante, Omayra Bolanos-Martinez, Juan Francisco Rodriguez, Gladis Fragoso, Sergio

Rosales-Mendoza

11) Classical swine fever virus

Han Sang Yoo

12) Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus

Zayn Khamis, Rima Menassa

13) Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)

Elizabeth Loza-Rubio, Edith Rojas-Anaya

Vaccines for ruminants

14) The benefit of a plant-based cattle vaccine for reducing Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia

coli shedding and improving food safety.

Adam Chin-Fatt, Ed Topp, Rima Menassa

15) Foot-and-mouth disease

Vanesa Ruiz, Andres Wigdorovitz

Vaccines with limited research

16) Diseases with limited research of plant-based vaccines

Ann Meyers