CATTLE

New venereal disease vaccine for cattle being developed locally

THE University of Queensland (UQ) is working on an experimental vaccine to help prevent the impacts of a venereal disease that causes cattle infertility and costs the industry hundreds of millions of dollars.

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 A bull used in a QAAFI vaccine trial. Image courtesy Megan Pope.

A bull used in a QAAFI vaccine trial. Image courtesy Megan Pope.

Professor Ala Tabor from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) said vaccines for the bovine trichomoniasis protozoa are available overseas, but not in Australia. "When...

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