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DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES TO CONTROL TICK-BORNE BACTERIAL PATHOGENS OF LIVESTOCK

Objective

1) Understand the relationship between E. ruminantium infection levels in Amblyomma variegatum and transmission. 2) Develop antibody detection test to reliably detect animals persistently infected with E. ruminantium.

Investigators
Ueti M W; Brayton K; Scoles G A; Meyer D; Lbina E; Noh S M
Institution
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Start date
2019
End date
2024
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
2090-32000-038-02A
Accession number
436638
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