There are 9 staffers, including 4 professors, 3 associate professors, 2 assistants, and around 30 graduate students, including 7 doctoral students and 23 master students.

The team has devoted to prevent and control of important parasites and vectors, which do harm to animal and human health. Team conducts collection and identification of parasites and vectors, and studies its biology, epidemiology, pathogenic and transmission mechanism, comprehensive control technology, as well as development products for prevention and control. The aim is to provide the innovative control strategies and technology for parasites and vectors.

Main research interests:

(1) Researches on the mechanism of infection and transmission of important animal protozoan such as  Babesia spp ,  Eimeria spp  and  Toxoplsama gondii  to find vaccine candidates and drug targets.

(2) Development of transmission blocking technology for tick-borne diseases by understanding the interaction between pathogens and ticks, as well as development of dsRNA anti-tick agent, and plant-derived repellents.

(3) Database construction of parasites and vectors in China and exploring the effective diagnosis and monitoring technology for emerging and re-emerging parasitic diseases to serve for animal biosafety.