Objective Anthelmintic resistant nematodes of sheep pose a very serious threat to sheep production in the EC. To prevent the development of irreversible resistance in the worms, fast and sensitive tests are required . Current tests are time consuming and not reliable if less than 25% of worms are resistant. Further selection for resistance is rapid if changes in drug use are not made. The new fast and sensitive tests to detect resistance will be based upon DNA and Protein technology using dot-blots, PCR and ELISA. Research will focus on tests for resistance against the three main groups of anthelmintics, benzimidazoles, levamisole and ivermectin and three very important nematodes Haemonchus contortus, Ostertagia circumcincta and Nematodirus battus. The DNA test for benzimidazole resistance in H. contortus is nearing completion and will be evaluated in field tests. This serve as a model for tests for levamisole and ivermectin resistance. These latter tests are very important as resistance to these two drugs is only beginning to emerge in Europe. Tests will be evaluated against field isolates in two climatic zones, maritime (UK) and Mediterranean (Greece). Changes in the amino acid sequences of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors associated with the development of resistance to levamisole will be determined together with changes in ivermectin receptors. From this information probes will be constructed to detect levamisole and ivermectin resistant worms and the tests evaluated with field isolates. The inheritance of resistance will be determined for use in computer simulation models to predict the rate of emergence of resistance in Europe. The sensitive tests for resistance for routine use in veterinary laboratories of the EC will be developed into easy and cheap tests by a SME company. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic zonesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsDNAnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaminesnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Programme(s) FP3-AIR - Specific research and technological development and demonstration programme (EEC) in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, including fisheries, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 232 - Animal health and well being Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MAFF Central Veterinary Laboratory Address Langford BS18 7DY Bristol United Kingdom See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ARISTOTELIAN UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address 54006 Thessaloniki See on map FERRING EURO-DIAGNOSTICS B.V. Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address P.o. box 2820 7303 GC Apeldoorn See on map RIJKS UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address P.o. box 80165 3508 TD Utrecht See on map UNIVERSITY OF ALCALA DE HENARES Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address 28871 Alcala de henares See on map UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bearsden G61 1QH Glasgow See on map
