In order to provide World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Delegates with updated information to scientifically support decision-making, two special issues of the OIE Scientific and Technical Review have been dedicated to animal vaccination. The issues, edited by P.-P. Pastoret, M. Lombard and A.A. Schudel, are designed to provide useful generic information rather than give detailed technical descriptions of specific diseases or vaccines. The papers are organised under the following main headings: development and production of vaccines (including e.g. a paper on genomics and vaccine development); why use vaccines?; the scientific and economic basis of vaccination; regulatory aspects; and socio-ethical aspects. All the papers from the first issue, 26 (1), are currently available on the web while those from the second issue, 26 (2), will be available shortly. See the issues or contact [email protected] for more information.

14/11/2007