Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)

The Capripoxvirus, which causes the vector-borne pox disease known as LSD, is a growing concern to livestock globally.

  • It has genetic ancestry with the sheeppox and goatpox virus families.
  • Cattle and water buffalo are primarily exposed to LSD through vectors like blood-feeding insects.
  • Since 2012, the disease has expanded quickly through the Middle East, Southeast Europe, and West and Central Asia. It is endemic in the majority of African nations.
  • From Odisha, LSD was first detected in India in 2019.
  • Because the illness is not zoonotic, it does not transmit from animals to people ....
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