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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2017
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Louisiana State University;
Andrew Y. Li, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Felicito Guerrero, Boerne, TX (US);
Lane D. Foil, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Adalberto A. Perez De Leon, Kerrville, TX (US);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical Colloge, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Abstract
Compositions of either the Rm86Texas protein from a Texas outbreak strain of the southern cattle fever tick,, or a nucleic acid construct incorporating a nucleic acid sequence encoding this Rm86Texas protein, are effective for eliciting a protective immune response in non-bovine animals. The Rm86Texas protein is immunogenic and can be administered as a protein vaccine, or in the alternative, the nucleic acid construct can be utilized as a DNA vaccine. Induction of the immune response significantly reduces or eliminates the infestation of treated, non-bovine animals with ticks. Moreover, as ticks are vectors of a variety of pathogens, the reduction in the incidence of tick infestation afforded by the vaccines may concurrently reduce the incidence of diseases caused by these pathogens in susceptible animals.