The Importance of Vaccination

Why are vaccines important for the health of our horses?
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Q. Why are vaccines important for the health of our horses?

Jenny, via e-mail


A. Basically, vaccination is the administration of some antigenic material (a substance capable of inducing a specific immune response in the body by binding to a specific antibody; it can be a property of bacteria, viruses, other foreign proteins, or even host tissue cells) that is designed to stimulate the individual immune system to fight disease. So, in a sense, a vaccine is “priming” the immune system against a specific disease.

Vaccines can prevent, ameliorate, or lessen illness from a potential infection or infectious diseases, but the tricky part is vaccine selection and administration protocols; things of that nature can be complicated

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