UNE Aids in Developing First On-Farm Worm Vaccine

University of New England

The 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 Moredun Research Institute in collaboration with UNE, the University of Glasgow, and colleagues from the James Hutton Institute, 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, Nicholas Andronicos, says an effective vaccine is sorely needed.

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