Large animal models for vaccine development and testing.

Volker Gerdts¹, Heather L Wilson¹, Francois Meurens¹+6

• ¹Volker Gerdts, DVM, PhD is the Associate Director of Research at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan. Heather Wilson, PhD, is a research scientist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan. Francois Meurens, PhD, is a Professor at Oniris Nantes, Nantes Atlantic National College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering in Nantes, France. Sylvia van Drunen Littel-van den Hurk, PhD, is a senior research scientist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, and a Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Saskatchewan. Don Wilson, DVM, is the Clinical Research Program Manager at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan. Stewart Walker, DVM, is a clinical research veterinarian at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan. Colette Wheler, DVM, MVSc, is a clinical research veterinarian at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan. Hugh Townsend, DVM, MSc, is the Contract Research & Core Activities Program Manager at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan. Andrew Potter, PhD, is the Director and CEO at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan.