COWDANADIAVAC: Integrated diagnostic and recombinant vaccine development for cowdriosis and anaplasmosis

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 99.0704

Key words (English)

Cowdriosis; anaplasmosis; caprine arthritis encephalitis virus; immunology; genetic; vaccine;
Coordination; Cooperation; Economic Aspects; Scientific Research

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: ICA4-2000-30026

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 2.3 Developing countries

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: CIRAD, Montpellier (F)

Abstract (English)

The goal of the project is to improve productivity and sustainability of ruminant production in Africa and South America by developing diagnostic tests and vaccines to control the tick-borne transmitted cowdriosis and anaplasmosis. Improved diagnostic tests and second generation vaccines (as a furthering of the first generation inactivated vaccine) will be developed using recombinant technology.

The work will be conducted within an existing consortium of 4 European (France, UK, Netherlands, Switzerland) and 5 African laboratories (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda) working on cowdriosis, to which will be added 2 partners of the American region (Argentina & Cuba) bringing their expertise in anaplasmosis.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 99.0704