Harnessing innate immunity to mitigate bovine respiratory disease

牛呼吸系统疾病(BRD)是全球牛肉行业面临的最严重的健康问题，仅在澳大利亚每年就造成高达4000万美元的经济损失。该项目旨在评估一种免疫刺激剂诱导对与BRD相关的牛呼吸道病毒感染的抵抗力的能力。该项目预计将产生兽医病毒学方面的基本新知识。预期成果包括学术出版物。该项目将提供重大好处，如基础知识的进步、对更高研究学位的学生的培训和概念验证数据，以促进与商业伙伴的合作，开发新的治疗策略，以限制BRD。

Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) is the most significant health problem faced by the beef industry worldwide, causing economic losses of up to $40 million annually in Australia alone. This Project aims to assess an immunostimulant for its ability to induce resistance to infection with bovine respiratory viruses associated with BRD. The Project is expected to generate fundamental new knowledge in veterinary virology. Expected outcomes include scholarly publications. The Project will provide significant benefits, such as advances to fundamental knowledge, training of higher research degree students and proof-of-concept data to promote collaborations with commercial partners to develop novel treatment strategies to limit BRD.