Outbreak of lumpy skin disease in a dairy farm in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Clinical, hematologic, and biochemical findings in cattle infected with lumpy skin disease during an outbreak in southwest Iran

This study was performed to determine the clinical, hematologic, and biochemical findings in animals affected with lumpy skin disease (LSD) in southwest Iran. Sixty cattle with LSD were included in this study and compared with 20 healthy ones as the control group. The disease was diagnosed based on clinical examination and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction analysis of the blood samples. Th...

An outbreak of Chorioptes bovis mange on a dairy farm in Tabriz, Iran

This report is on infestation with Chorioptes bovis of Holstein cattle on a dairy farm included 900 cowsin Tabriz. Ten heifers and 25 milking cows under the age of 5 years were infested. Clinical signs consisted ofalopecia, crusts, ulcerations and superficial skin fissures. Pruritus and itching were severe in all cases.Lesions were present around the base of the tail, on the neck and below the ...

Lumpy Skin Disease

Lumpy skin disease 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. The causative virus seems to be spread mainly by insects, and outbreaks can be widespread and difficult to control. Lumpy skin disease was confined to Afric...

Lumpy Skin Disease

Lumpy skin disease (LSD, knopvelsiekte) is a pox disease of cattle characterised by fever, nodules 4 on the skin, mucous membranes and internal organs, emaciation, enlarged lymph nodes, oedema 5 of the skin, and sometimes death. The disease is of economic importance because it causes 6 reduced production, particularly in dairy herds. It also causes damage to the hide. LSD is caused by 7 strains...

Lumpy skin disease