THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY IS AN IMPORTANT SECTOR OF THE US ECONOMY. TICKS AND TICK BORNE DISEASES ARE A MAJOR IMPEDIMENT TO A SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY. AT PRESENT THE EFFECTS OF TICKS AND TICK BORNE DISEASES ON THE CATTLE INDUSTRY IS REDUCED BY APPLYING CHEMICALS THAT KILL TICKS AND PROTECT CATTLE FROM BEING INFECTED BY TICK BORNE DISEASES. HOWEVER THIS METHOD MIGHT NOT BE EFFECTIVE IN THE LONG-TERM BECASUE TICKS FIND WAYS NOT SUCCUMB TO CHEMICAL TREATMENT. IN THIS PROJECT WE HAVE FOUND PROTEINS IN THE TICK THAT IMPORTANT TO THEIR SURVIVAL. OUR PLAN IS TO PREPARE A VACCINCE THAT WILL STIMULATE IMMUNITY IN CATTLE TO BLOCK THE IMPORTANT TICK PROTEINS. IN THIS WAY WE WILL KILL TICKS AND PREVENT TRANSMISSION OF TICK BORNE DISEASE AGENTS