LSU professor honored for creating vaccine to treat common diseases among cattle

BATON ROUGE - LSU professor Dr. Shafiqul Chowdhury is one of five innovators who will be receiving a Bayh-Dole Coalition American Innovator Award in Washington D.C on Sept. 18 and featured on the Bayh-Dole Coalition's "Faces of American Innovation" 2024 report.He will be receiving the award for his creation of a vaccine that protects cattle from Bovine Respiratory Disease and other related illnesses. Chowdhury says he did not expect the recognition and is honored.He also says $1 billion a year