University College Dublin has recently published an article entitled “Validation of a spatial liver fluke model under field conditions in Ireland” in conjunction with Teagasc AGRIC and The Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis (CVERA). This study aimed to…
Subunit vaccines to control several globally-important livestock parasite infections are under varying phases stages in their development. Scientists in the EU Horizon 2020 funded project, PARAGONE, are taking the most promising prototypes and testing them in further trials, as well…
The team based at Ghent University has a number of significant roles to play in the PARAGONE project’s quest to enable vaccine-based control of parasitic infections of farm animals. Specifically, the Ghent group is working towards combined vaccines for the…
From September 3rd - 8th parasitologists from all around the world convened at the island of Hydra (Greece) for the 11th 'Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminths' conference. In 12 thematic sessions all important fields in helminth research (host-parasite interactions,…
This summer, I got the chance to visit the Moredun Research Institute for one week to receive some training as part of the PARAGONE project. The objective of the visit was to discuss integrated control of Psoroptes ovis in ruminants,…
Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca Approaching the Institute, the Director’s influence is highly visible in the bright green entrance and surrounds, leaving the visitor in no doubt as to the direction of the research- biology, natural resources…
The Veterinary Vaccinology Network will be hosting its third conference on 16th and 17th January 2017 in Riddel Hall, Queen’s University, Belfast. Vaccines represent one of the most cost effective interventions for prevention, control and eradication of diseases. Veterinary vaccines…
Alasdair J Nisbet, Tom N. McNeilly and Jacqueline B Matthews Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh Gastrointestinal helminths cause substantial production-limiting disease in livestock worldwide. Indeed, parasitic diseases are viewed as the major cause of economic loss in UK sheep flocks (Learmont…
The second half of the 20th Century was an exciting time for developments in livestock parasite control. The 1960s saw the introduction of a vaccine to protect cattle against lungworm infection. Developed by Jimmy Armour and colleagues at the University…
We are looking forward to the SECOND CONSORTIUM MEETING to take place in Ghent from Sunday 29 August for four days.