A Study of the Susceptibility of Laboratory Animals to the Lumpy Skin Disease Virus

This article presents the results of a study on susceptibility laboratory animals to lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV). Mice weighing 15–20 g, hamsters 40–60 guinea pigs 600–1200 and rabbits 2.5–3 kg were used in this study. Nodules observed at sites inoculation. The was isolated from affected areas cell culture examined using real-time PCR, indicating its tropism for animal skin. production anticapripoxvirus antibodies detected neutralization reaction, starting 10 days after infection mice, 27 rabbits, 14 hamsters. Some exhibited multiple nodules. indicates that these species may play role maintaining epizootic process.