Featured Research Projects
Bobcat feverBobcat Fever (feline cytauxzoonosis) is a serious disease of cats that is caused by a protozoan parasite, Cytauxzoon felis, found in the red blood cells of an infected bobcat or cat. It is transmitted when a tick feeding on an infected animal ingests the infected red blood cells then injects the parasite into another cat or bobcat when it feeds on that animal. Domestic cats often become very ill with severe anemia and may die from the infection. Morris Animal Foundation is supporting research in Dr. Patricia Holman’s Hemoparasitology Research Laboratory to develop cultures of the parasite to facilitate studies that will lead to better diagnostic tests, treatment, and vaccine development. |
Nurse shark used as a model vertebrate immune system
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Study of cow immune system points to new ways to make human medicines
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Bovine viral diarrhea virus vaccine development program
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