Researchers at Charles Darwin University (CDU) will soon be on the frontline of protecting Northern Australia against potentially severe animal blood borne diseases with a new project looking into the biting midges, an insect of concern for its potential to carry disease that could damage the Australian livestock industry. Researchers at CDU's Research Institute for Northern Agriculture (RINA) will work with the Northern Territory's Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade to study biting midges, or Culicoides, and their ability to carry potentially serious or severe disease that can affect Australian livestock.

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