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Epidemiological Studies on Animal Protozoan Diseases in Mongolia and Development of Effective Diagnostics Measures

Infectious Diseases Control

Mongolia

Finished

Epidemiological Studies on Animal Protozoan Diseases in Mongolia and Development of Effective Diagnostics Measures

Protect Livestock in Mongolia from Protozoan Diseases and Ticks

Principal Investigator

- Prof.
  YOKOYAMA Naoaki
  Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
- Dr.
  Badgar Battsetseg
  Director, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Mongolian University of Life Sciences

ODA Recipient Country

Mongolia

Research Institutions in Japan

Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Research Institutions in Counterpart Country

Institute of Veterinary Medicine (IVM), etc.

Adoption fiscal year

FY 2013

Research Period

5 Years

Overview of the Research Project

Identify protozoan diseases endemic to Mongolia and develop simple and rapid diagnostic kits
Trypanosomosis, piroplasmosis, and many other animal protozoan diseases are severely epidemic in Mongolia, causing chronic diseases in livestock. This is a particularly serious issue, as a large proportion of the population owes its livelihood to livestock farming. This project will produce distribution maps of trypanosomosis, piroplasmosis, and of the ticks that are vectors for piroplasmosis. Based on analyses of antigen genes of the field isolates of the parasites, the project is also attempting to develop simple and rapid diagnostic kits, and aims to collect research resources of use in determining countermeasures for infectious diseases.

Mongolian strategies to control protozoan diseases will be the first model in the world!
If the diagnostic kits for trypanosomosis and piroplasmosis are widely adopted in Mongolia, they can contribute to promotion of the livestock industry by fighting animal protozoan diseases. Moreover, if they are used to conduct epidemological surveys of protozoan diseases in Mongolia and establish a strategy to cope with such diseases, the experience will be an extremely valuable practical model for considering how to control protozoan diseases on a global scale.