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Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization

Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization rather than just read about it. In short: The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) is a research organization of the University of Saskatchewan that operates with financial support from the Government of Canada, the government of Saskatchewan, livestock industry councils and agencies, foundations and human and animal health companies. In addition to the 2,500,000 sq ft (230,000 m2) facility on campus, VIDO also operates a 160-acre (0.6 km2) re…

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) is a research organization of the University of Saskatchewan that operates with financial support from the Government of Canada, the government of Saskatchewan, livestock industry councils and agencies, foundations and human and animal health companies. In addition to the 2,500,000 sq ft (230,000 m2) facility on campus, VIDO also operates a 160-acre (0.6 km2) research station. VIDO's aims are to protect Canada and the world from infectious diseases by focusing on diseases that: affect livestock industries; are important to human health; and are emerging diseases including zoonoses.

History Originally named the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization, VIDO was established with funding from the Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, the Province of Alberta and the Province of Saskatchewan. VIDO had strong ties to the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. The laboratory took on its current name in March 2003. In October 2003, a 50,000 sq ft (5,000 m2) expansion was completed. In March 2004, VIDO received funding for the construction one of the world's largest and most advanced biosafety level 3 facilities, the International Vaccine Centre (InterVac), for research into emerging and reemerging human and animal diseases. The approximately CA$150 million in funding needed for infrastructure was provided by the Government of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Government of Saskatchewan, the University of Saskatchewan, and the City of Saskatoon. InterVac finished construction in 2011 with a celebration that included then-prime minister Stephen Harper, Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall, and Saskatoon mayor Don Atchison. It received operational certification by the Public Health Agency of Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency in 2013. InterVac is one of the few level 3 facilities in the world capable of working with large animals including cattle, deer, elk, alpacas, sheep, and pigs. VIDO was very involved in vaccine research during the COVID-19 pandemic, which raised their profile and helped them secure funding to develop into Canada's Centre for Pandemic Research. In 2021 they started to seek funding to develop level 4 safety facilities. As of March 2024, the facilities are expected to be ready as soon as next year, and will make VIDO the only non-government level 4 facility in the country. The organization has had five directors since its inception. Chris Bigland was the founding director and ran the organization from 1975 to 1984. Its other directors have been Stephen Acres (1984–1993), Lorne Babiuk (1993–2007), Andrew Potter (2007–2018), and Volker Gerdts (2019–present). VIDO has created three spin-off companies (Biostar, Biowest, and Star Biotech).

COVID-19 research During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Saskatchewan has provided $4.2 million to VIDO. It also received $23 million in federal funding announced on March 23, 2020 for the centre's manufacturing facility to produce COVID-19 vaccines for clinical trials, and for overall operational costs.

Vaccines Vicogen (cattle) – Prevention of calf scours Ecolan RC (cattle) – Prevention of bacterial and viral calf scours Hevlan TC (poultry) – Prevention of enteritis in turkeys Pneumo-Star (cattle) – Prevention of Pasteurella infection Somnu-Star (cattle) – Prevention of haemophilosis in cattle Somnu-Star Ph (cattle) – Prevention of pasteurellosis and haemophilosis in cattle Pleuro-Star 4 (swine) – Prevention of porcine pleuropneumonia Econiche (cattle) – Reduction of shedding of E. coli O157 to control human infection and environmental contamination In 2020, VIDO began developing a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization

In research: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics BSL3 laboratories in Canada, COVID-19 vaccine producers, Laboratories in Canada, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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