Babesia bovis, a major causative agent of tick fever, is a widespread blood parasite that causes a severe, often fatal disease in cattle. Carried by the cattle tick (Boophilus microplus), these parasites continue to breed economic losses in beef and dairy industries around the world. But did you know this could all be avoided?
Many decades of research in Australia and internationally has led to significant discoveries, from live vaccines to unprecedented molecular tools for studying the biology of these blood parasites. Find out how Vignesh Rathinasamy and his fellow researchers at the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine are using new knowledge to develop vaccines for controlling tick fever in cattle.
