title: Application of biotechnology for the diagnosis and control of ticks and tick-borne diseases.
abstract: Current and potential applications of biotechnology to detect and control anaplasmosis, bovine babesiosis, cowdriosis, and theileriosis are examined in the light of dramatic advances in molecular biology. Vaccines and the diagnostic use of nucleic acid probes, restriction fragment length polymorphisms, and monoclonal antibodies are discussed in detail, as are novel genetic methods for increasing the resistance of livestock to disease. Strategies are suggested for using molecular and non-molecular approaches in integrated programmes for controlling haemoparasitic diseases of livestock.
authors.affiliation: USDA, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow 83843.
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authors.lastname: Stiller
mesh_terms: D000712:Anaplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001179:Arthropod Vectors / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D001709:Biotechnology; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D006357:Heartwater Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D013801:Theileriasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D013983:Tick Control / Q000379:methods*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic