Vaccines and Immune-Modulators for Mammalian Livestock Species
A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Vaccines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 63
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Veterinary vaccines are crucial for maintaining animal health, ensuring animal welfare, promoting food production, and safeguarding public health. Most veterinary vaccines currently in use in livestock, including against toxins of pathogens, are inactivated vaccines, live-attenuated vaccines, or subunit vaccines. Each vaccine type employs different strategies to mitigate the risk of illness while maintaining the capacity to elicit a beneficial immune response. They are a cost-effective method to prevent animal disease, enhance the efficiency of food production, and reduce or prevent the transmission of zoonotic and foodborne infections to people. Several factors influence vaccine efficacy in mammalian livestock, including alterations in the vaccine, maternal antibodies, immunosuppression, incorrect timing/dosing, and the use of adjuvants. The effectiveness of veterinary vaccinations depends significantly on the function of the immune system in all its parts. This Special Issue will collect original research articles and review articles on the following topics：
-vaccines for mammalian species considered livestock in Europe, including horses (but no model species such as rodents);
-vaccines and approaches not only against infectious diseases but also cancer, allergies or autoimmune diseases;
-developing new vaccines or improve existing vaccines, including adjuvants and immune-modulators.
We also warmly welcome articles to related topics, such as the companion animal sector.
We invite original research articles and review articles in the context of recent advancements and ongoing research in vaccines and immune-modulators for mammalian livestock species.
Prof. Dr. Falko Steinbach
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- vaccines
- mammalian species
- adjuvants
- immune-modulators
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