Feeding to support immunity in racehorses

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Dr Catherine Dunnett (08 April 2009 - Issue Number: 12)

 

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Immunostimulants and their role as an alternative to vaccines

What is immunomodulation?  By definition this simply means that we modify the natural immune response.  This can occur in one of two ways, either by boosting the response with immunostimulants or suppressing the response with medications like corticosteroids.  Currently immunostimulation has become a more widely discussed method of managing horses suffering from infectious disease.

Elizabeth Davis, DVM, PhD, Dip. ACVIM (19 September 2006)

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