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Sequencing and annotation of the genome of Neospora caninum

Reference	BBS/B/08493
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Jonathan Wastling
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Bart Barrell, Professor Alexander Trees
Institution	University of Liverpool
Department	Veterinary Preclinical Science
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	591,623
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/02/2005
End date	31/01/2008
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Neospora caninum is a protozoan parasite that has emerged as a global pathogen of cattle and dogs. In the UK and elsewhere it is the leading cause of infectious abortion in cattle. In this project, a 5X random shotgun coverage of the genome of N. caninum will be obtained. Annotation will be performed and the data curated in a user-friendly generic database structure (GeneDB). Annotation will be supported by existing EST sequencing projects. The data will be made publicly available, thus facilitating the identification of targets for vaccination and chemotherapy, as well as contributing to our knowledge of basic parasite biology. The economic importance of Neospora and its close relatedness to Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Eimeria and Cryptosporidium, means that the data generated in this project will be of great value both to the veterinary and the broader apicomplexan research community.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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