Uganda, March 27 -- A Ugandan scientist at the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) has developed a vaccine specifically targeting ticks that infest cattle.

Together with a group at the Health and Biotechnology (SaBio), Institute for Game and Wildlife Research (IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM) in Spain, the scientist developed a vaccine against brown ear tick, (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) locally known as Engoha, African blue tick (Rhipicephalus decoloratus), locally known as entujo and tropical bont tick (Amblyomma variegatum) locally known as Embarabara.

Mr Paul Kasaija, a NARO staff undertook the early research efforts as part of his PhD work under the supervision of Prof Jose de la Fuente and Dr.Marinela Contreras at the Univer...