Related Media Gallery for USDA Grants MU $460,000 to Develop Immunizations for Tick-Borne Disease
August 28th, 2017
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Adult Deer Tick
It has been estimated that more than 80 percent of beef cattle are affected by ticks. Anaplasmosis, which is passed by ticks through their bite and saliva, infects the red blood cells and causes severe anemia, fever and weight loss; it is known to be fatal. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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Bill Stitch
U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded $460,000 to Bill Stich, professor of parasitology in the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, to study a new approach to interfering with this pathogen in the tick vector. Photo:
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