Iowa-based CAST says that vaccination has the potential to combat almost all infectious agents that affect humans and animals
The US Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) is reinforcing the use of animal disease vaccines in its latest Issue Paper. 
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In the Paper, entitled Vaccine Development Using Recombinant DNA Technology, Iowa-based CAST says that vaccination has the potential to combat almost all infectious agents that affect humans and animals. The Paper discusses vaccine development from a historical perspective; the types of recombinant vaccines and their potential advances; commercially available vaccines and the future of vaccines for animal diseases.
Dr Mark Jackwood of the University of Georgia chaired the seven-member CAST task force that produced the paper. He says: "Current public health threats posed by the potential spread of highly infectious disease agents between animals and humans, as well as the emergence of new diseases, impact animal agriculture significantly. Animal vaccinations are among the most effective, successful tools for dealing with these concerns."
The Paper is available on the CAST website at www.cast-science.org, along with other publications from the organization. It is the seventh in the Council's nine-part series Animal Agriculture's Future Through Biotechnology.
CAST is an international consortium of 38 scientific and professional societies that advances science and disseminates credible science-based information. Membership is only open to non-profit scientific societies.
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