noun
- Plural of bacterin; vaccines prepared from killed or inactivated bacteria, used to prevent bacterial infections in animals and humans.
Usage: Medical/veterinary term; Often used in veterinary medicine for livestock and pets
Examples
- The veterinarian administered bacterins to protect the cattle herd from common bacterial diseases.
- Bacterins are commonly used in poultry farming to prevent respiratory infections.
- The farm purchased several bacterins to vaccinate the new piglets.
- Modern bacterins have improved safety profiles compared to earlier formulations.
- Bacterins differ from live vaccines in that they contain inactivated bacterial cells.