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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2018
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Washington State University, Pullman, WA (US);
Glen A. Scoles, Moscow, ID (US);
Felicito Guerrero, Boerne, TX (US);
Reginaldo Bastos, Pullman, WA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A novel method of using an aquaporin protein from(RmAQP2), fragments of RmAQP2, and/or the cDNA encoding RmAQP2 and/or the fragments are described. Immunogenic composition containing recombinant RmAQP2 and/or fragments of RmAQP2 are produced and administered to an ungulate which generates an immune response to RmAQP2. After feeding female ticks on the ungulate injected with RmAQP2 and/or fragments of RmAQP2, the female ticks have lower reproductive viability because of a reduced egg mass, reduced hatching percentage, and reduced survival of larvae. Thus, administering RmAQP2 and/or RmAQP2 fragments to an ungulate can reduce the incidence ofand also reduce the incidence of tick-borne pathogens in ungulates because of the lower number of