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  • Title: Reduced incidence of Babesia bigemina infection in cattle immunized against the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus.
    Author: Jittapalapong S, Jansawan W, Barriga OO, Stich RW.
    Journal: Ann N Y Acad Sci; 2004 Oct; 1026():312-8. PubMed ID: 15604511.
    Abstract:
    Boophilus microplus is an important vector of bovine disease agents having a major economic impact on cattle production in many tropical and subtropical countries. Components of tick saliva that enable ticks to feed may also facilitate establishment of tick-borne pathogens in the vertebrate host. It has been suggested that acquired resistance against molecules in tick saliva could inhibit parasite transmission, and there is increasing evidence to support this hypothesis. The effect of immune resistance to B. microplus on the incidence of tick-transmitted pathogens was the focus of this experiment. Groups of four dairy cows were injected with antigen extracts of tick salivary glands, midgut, adjuvant only, or PBS, prior to a grazing period in a pasture in Thailand where ticks are abundant and babesiosis is enzootic. These animals were then observed for evidence of babesiosis throughout the rainy season. A reduction in the incidence of clinical babesiosis was observed among cattle immunized with salivary gland preparations compared to nonimmunized controls (P < 0.05). Immunization with midgut or adjuvant only both resulted in a slight reduction in observed disease compared to the same negative control group. B. bigemina was detected in fewer ticks (24.43%) collected from salivary gland-immunized cattle than those collected from the remaining groups (> or =44.57%). These results indicated that immunization with salivary gland antigens could affect pathogen transmission and appears promising for control of tick-borne diseases of cattle.
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