What type of disease is lumpy skin disease?

What type of disease is lumpy skin disease?

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a disease of cattle and buffalo caused by a capripox virus. Since 2012, LSD has spread from Africa and the Middle East into south-eastern Europe, affecting European Union (EU) Member countries (Greece and Bulgaria) and several other countries in the Balkans.

What is the treatment of lumpy skin disease?

Treatment. There is no treatment for the virus, so prevention by vaccination is the most effective means of control. Secondary infections in the skin may be treated with Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatories (NSAIDs) and also antibiotics (topical +/- injectable) when appropriate.

Is lumpy skin disease contagious?

Lumpy skin disease is primarily spread between animals by biting insects (vector), such as mosquitoes and biting flies. Less commonly, the virus may be spread by direct contact to the skin lesions, saliva, nasal discharge, milk, or semen of infected animals.

Is lumpy skin disease curable?

Treatment: There is no treatment for Lumpy Skin Disease. Prevention: It is difficult to stop cattle being attacked by infected vectors (flies, etc.) once infection is within an area.

Is lumpy skin disease fatal?

Lumpy skin disease is an infectious, eruptive, occasionally fatal disease of cattle characterized by nodules on the skin and other parts of the body.

How long does lumpy skin disease last?

Severely infected animals become emaciated and may require euthanasia. The debility persists for one to three months and occasionally for up to six months. The mouth lesions interfere with feeding; milk production ceases and udder and teat lesions may result in serious infections with the sloughing of necrotic tissue.

Is there a vaccine for lumpy skin disease?

There are three licensed vaccines for bovine dermatosis (LSD): lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) Neethling vaccine, Kenyan sheep and goat pox (KSGP) O-180 strain vaccines and Gorgan goat pox (GTP) vaccine.

How long does lumpy skin disease take to heal?

Complete recovery may take several months and may be prolonged when secondary bacterial infections occur. Treatment is directed at preventing or controlling secondary infection. It may take up to 6 months for animals severely affected by LSD virus to recover fully.

What does lumpy skin disease look like?

Clinical Findings of Lumpy Skin Disease in Cattle Nodules may develop on the muzzle and within the nasal and buccal mucous membranes. The skin nodules contain a firm, creamy-gray or yellow mass of tissue. Regional lymph nodes are swollen, and edema develops in the udder, brisket, and legs.

Can lumpy skin disease affect sheep?

Lumpy skin disease (LSD), sheeppox (SP), and goatpox (GP) are contagious viral infections, affecting cattle (LSD), sheep and goats (SP and GP) with highly characteristic clinical signs affecting multiple body systems.

Is lumpy skin disease zoonotic?

of LSDV. The virus appears to be highly host specific. LSDV is not zoonotic.

What is lumpy skin disease?

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an important animal disease caused by infection with LSD virus (LSDV), from the family Poxviridae. LSD only affects cattle and water buffalo. The virus is highly host specific and does not cause disease in humans.

What is lumpy skin disease (LSD)?

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a poxviral disease with significant morbidity in cattle. Although the mortality rate is generally low, economic losses result from loss of condition, decreased milk production, abortions, infertility and damaged hides.

What is lumpy skin disease in cattle?

Description of the disease: Lumpy skin disease (LSD, knopvelsiekte) is a poxvirus disease of cattle characterised by fever, nodules on the skin, mucous membranes and internal organs, emaciation, enlarged lymph nodes, oedema of the skin, and sometimes death.

What does OIE stand for?

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