[Registering, licensing and investigating vaccines in animal disease control (author's transl)].

The registration, licensing and investigation of veterinary vaccines are discussed with reference to the producer, the user and the authorities. The significance of basic research by the producer, of testing by the authorities, of quality control and of evaluation (laboratory and field studies) in the control of animal diseases are examined more closely. The fact is stressed, that legislation concerning veterinary medicines in general and vaccines in particular should be well defined. All this is regarded as an integral part of recent developments in animal farming in the Netherlands.