Dr
Jose
Perez-Casal
Dr
Jose
Perez-Casal
Research Scientist
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
Biography
Doctor in Biochemistry degree from the National University of Tucuman, Argentina
Research Scientist and Program Manager at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease - International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac), Saskatoon. Canada
Research interests
Mycoplasma respiratory infections in cattle. Mannheimia haemolytica infections in cattle and sheep. Foot rot in cattle. Histophilus somnii infections in cattle
Projects you're working on
Development of an improved vaccine for control of foot rot in feedlot cattle
Development of a vaccine to control respiratory disease in sheep
Development of a recombinant vaccine to control Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia in sub-Saharan countries of Africa
Discipline
Bacteriology Challenge model development Challenge study design Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Molecular biology Host species
Cattle Small ruminants Pathogen
Bacteria›Mycoplasma Stage of vaccine development
Antigen discovery and immunogen design Clinical trials Pre-clinical trials