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ARS Home Northeast Area Beltsville, Maryland (BARC) Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory Research





- Jenkins, Mark
- 2023
- Animal Health (103)

Research Project: **Location:
                            Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory** Project Number: 8042-32000-118-000-D
                        
                        Project Type: In-House Appropriated Start Date: Jun 1, 2022
                        
                        End Date: May 31, 2027 **Objective:**
                        
                        Objective 1: Harness genetics, genomics, and electron microscopy to better define the epidemiology of Heterakis and Histomonas to inform mitigation strategies.
Component 5: Problem Statement 5A

Objective 2:  Identify targets for pharmacological, phytochemical, or immunological interventions that could be developed into disease preventives and therapeutics. 
Component 5: Problem Statement 5A

Objective 3:  Evaluate mitigation strategies for their potential to prevent horizontal transmission of Histomonas meleagridis in commercial turkeys. 
Component 5: Problem Statement 5A **Approach:**
                        
                        We will seek better means to limit the impact of outbreaks by: 1) Testing vaccines for their ability to preventing infection or limiting pathogenesis 2) Enhancing diagnostics and outbreak tracing using genetic tools, 3) Establishing management strategies based on improved understanding of pathogenesis and the parasite life cycle; and 4) Preventing disease by identifying novel pharmaceuticals.


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