University of New England
(UNE) will help solve one of the costliest problems for Australian sheep producers through an $11-million international research collaboration aimed at developing a vaccine for parasitic gastrointestinal worms.
Led by the in collaboration with UNE, the , and colleagues from the , the project will leverage recent technological advances to develop a world-first vaccine for on-farm worm control.
With parasitism costing the Australian sheep and goat industry more than $450-million annually, UNE Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Immunology, , says an effective vaccine is sorely needed.
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