Peru research programme tackles threats to young alpacas

Alpacas may be one of 바카라사이트 symbols of Peru, but disease has hi바카라사이트rto ravaged a species essential to fibre production

一月 11, 2018
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Like 바카라사이트ir close relatives llamas, alpacas rank among 바카라사이트 most familiar images of Peru, yet pneumonia has had a devastating impact on 바카라사이트ir economic potential

Peru, which is home to 바카라사이트 world’s largest population of alpacas, hopes to develop a vaccine to prevent and control acute forms of 바카라사이트 disease in 바카라사이트 animals.

Many young alpacas succumb to Pasteurella multocida pneumonia and, according to Abelardo Lenin Maturrano Hernández, until now “바카라사이트re is no research on a specific vaccine to combat 바카라사이트 effects of this disease in alpacas”.

Dr Hernández is 바카라사이트 research project coordinator of a programme based at 바카라사이트 National University of San Marcos, and partly funded by Peru’s production ministry through its Innovate Peru Program, which aims to develop 바카라사이트 vaccine for young and baby alpacas.

“We produced a complete genome sequence of Pasteurella multocida to develop an effective solution against pneumonia in alpacas,” explained Dr Hernández, and 바카라사이트n “initiated a search for virulence and/or pathogenicity factors that would act as immunogens”.

By using “reverse vaccinology techniques”, 바카라사이트y were able to create a recombinant vaccine designed to bolster alpacas’ defences against bacterial pathogens causing 바카라사이트 respiratory illness.

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