Technology has advanced drastically in various fields over the past several years, including in animal care. Recent advancements in animal care prove that by 2025 and in the years following that, we will have medical technologies available that will decrease animals’ risks of becoming infected with active viruses and dying from invasive surgical procedures and anesthesia.
Vaccine refers to the insertion of a dead microbe in order to stimulate the organism to cure the disease. Now-a-days, scientists are working on DNA Vaccinations that are able to inject the virus genetic code into the animal instead of the dead virus that is capable of becoming active.
DNA vaccines consist of DNA coding for a particular antigen, which is directly injected into the muscle. The DNA itself inserts into the individual’s cells, which then produce the antigen from the infectious agent. Since this antigen is foreign, it generates an immune response. This type of vaccine has the benefit of being relatively easy to produce, since DNA is very stable and easy to manufacture, but is still experimental because no DNA-based vaccines have been shown to elicit the substantial immune response required to prevent infection.
Vaccine refers to the insertion of a dead microbe in order to stimulate the organism to cure the disease. Now-a-days, scientists are working on DNA Vaccinations that are able to inject the virus genetic code into the animal instead of the dead virus that is capable of becoming active.
DNA vaccines consist of DNA coding for a particular antigen, which is directly injected into the muscle. The DNA itself inserts into the individual’s cells, which then produce the antigen from the infectious agent. Since this antigen is foreign, it generates an immune response. This type of vaccine has the benefit of being relatively easy to produce, since DNA is very stable and easy to manufacture, but is still experimental because no DNA-based vaccines have been shown to elicit the substantial immune response required to prevent infection.