Vaccination

How it is used

In clinics people shorten it to vaccs, jabs (UK) or shots (US): Is she up to date with her vaccinations? Puppies and kittens have a primary course, then boosters. On farms, vaccination is part of the herd health plan.

Example sentences

1. Her first vaccination is at eight weeks, and the second one is a few weeks later.

2. The farm started a vaccination programme against bluetongue last spring.

3. Can I walk him in the park before his vaccinations are finished?

Common collocations

• primary vaccination course
• annual vaccination
• vaccination certificate
• vaccination programme
• up to date with vaccinations

Related terms

• boosterAn extra dose of a vaccine given at set intervals after the first course to keep the animal's immunity strong.
• core vaccineA vaccine that every animal of a species should receive, wherever it lives, because it protects against widespread and serious diseases.
• rabiesA viral disease of the nervous system that spreads mainly through bites from infected animals. Once clinical signs appear, it is almost always fatal in animals and people.
• parvovirusA tough, highly contagious virus that causes severe vomiting, bloody diarrhoea and dehydration, mainly in young unvaccinated dogs. A related parvovirus causes panleukopenia in cats.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• vaccination · Public Health & Epidemiology

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