Genomic Surveillance to Identify Potential Infectious Agents Involved in Ruminant Abortion Cases in New York
Principal Investigator: Leonardo Cardia Caserta
Co-PI: Diego Diel
Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Email:
lcc88@cornell.edu
Sponsor:
Federal Capacity Funds
Grant Number:
NYC-478442
Title:
Genomic Surveillance to Identify Potential Infectious Agents Involved in Ruminant Abortion Cases in New York
Project Amount:
$90,000
Project Period:
October 2024
to
September 2027
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):
Pregnancy loss in ruminants due to infectious causes is a major economic loss to producers. However, a specific cause is identified in only half of cases. This proposal will address this problem by employing a highly sensitive next generation sequencing (NGS) assay to detect and characterize pathogens involved in undiagnosed ruminant abortion cases.