prophylactic vaccination

There has also been much discussion about whether or not to re-introduce prophylactic vaccination.

What is necessary is a return to prophylactic vaccination.

That does not, however, necessarily include ongoing prophylactic vaccination, to which I wish to express my opposition.

The one thing we have agreed upon is that we are not going back down the route of prophylactic vaccination.

For years prophylactic vaccination protected our livestock.

No to prophylactic vaccination; yes to ring-vaccination.

Our fundamental position on prophylactic vaccination for FMD remains unchanged.

Secondly, how can we ensure that there is a maximum market for products from the moment that prophylactic vaccination is used and the animals survive?

After their entry into the European Union they lobbied for 20 years for the abolition of prophylactic vaccination in Europe.

Even though a greater number of vaccinated animals survived following challenge, compared to unvaccinated animals, he concluded that prophylactic vaccination was of little use.

This position reflects the current status of vaccine development, the divergent nature of the causative virus and the serious trade implications any turn towards prophylactic vaccination would provoke.

I am not in favour of constant prophylactic vaccination, but we must also make it clear that control vaccination always amounts to prophylactic vaccination.

In the months after the October 2001 anthrax letters attacks, Washington and New York area mail sorters were advised to receive prophylactic vaccination with AVA.

A lot has already been said about 'to vaccinate or not to vaccinate', be it prophylactic vaccination, ring vaccination, emergency vaccination or contingency vaccination.

There is little point in prophylactic vaccination against virus strains, as it is impossible to know in advance which actual FMD virus is being brought in.

We took the view that the mass culling of healthy stock is not acceptable in future, which is why we fully support the conclusions of the report that prophylactic vaccination must be used.

It is the task of Parliament to put an end once and for all to the misguided policy of preventive culling and not rule out once and for all the option of prophylactic vaccination.

This is precisely why, in order to avoid losing their position in the world marketplace, the authorities decided to prohibit prophylactic vaccination at European level, even if it meant resorting to mass slaughter in the event of an epidemic.

One important point that has been taken on board is the retention of the ban on prophylactic vaccination, which strikes me as pointless until such time as there is a vaccine that covers all seven serotypes and the 80 subtypes within them.