With this type of vaccines, the use of acaricides would be limited and the quality of the exported product would increase.
Researchers Matías Machado and Agustín Correa are working on the creation of animal vaccines from protein engineering.
At this moment, they are concentrating on the creation of vaccines against the bovine tick that transmits numerous diseases, something that translates into losses due to mortality or, for example, abortions, etc.
Ticks are one of the pests that continually attack livestock, causing significant economic losses for countries like Uruguay, which stands out for its livestock production.
For this reason, Agustín and Matías combined knowledge to create a complementary vaccine that helps combat them or, for the time being, control the problem.
With this type of vaccines, the use of acaricides would be limited and the quality of the exported product would increase.
Currently, they have already begun testing on animals in association with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of the Republic and the animals received 2 to 3 doses spaced over 20 days.
2024-03-12 10:58:14
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