Parasitic Diseases of Livestock Team is made up of the previous parasite genetics and genomics group, and helminth group of the Department of Parasitology, and the toxoplasmosis group of the Department of Zoonoses.

　　Parasites and parasitic diseases of research

　　Parasitic Diseases of Livestock Team conduct innovation research on important parasites and parasitic diseases of livestock, as well as animal parasitic zoonoses.

　　Research areas

　　1. Genomics and mitochondrial genomics of important parasites: To determine the genomes and mitochondrial genomes of parasites, to elucidate their genomic organization, structure and characteristics, and to understand their evolution and phylogenetics.

　　2. Functional genomics of important parasites: The sequencing and analyses of the transcriptomes, miRNAs, proteomes and metabolomes of parasites at different developmental stages, the identification and functional studies of key molecules relating to parasite growth, invasion, pathogenesis, immune evasion and trans-species transmission, and the evaluation of these key molecules as potential candidates for the development of new interventions (drugs, vaccines and diagnostics).

　　3. Interaction of parasites and hosts：The modulation of host transcriptomes, miRNAs, proteomes and metabolomes by parasite infection, the functions of host miRNAs in parasite infection and immunity, the identification and functional studies of related molecules in signal transduction pathways of host innate anti-parasitic immunity.

　　4. Control strategies and techniques for animal parasitic diseases: molecular vaccine development, molecular detection and diagnosis, as well as epidemiology and control strategies for animal parasitic diseases.

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