About Lumpy Skin Disease:
- It is a viral disease affecting cattle and buffaloes.
- Cause and Transmission: It is caused by the Capripox virus and transmitted mainly through arthropod vectors.
- Infected animals shed the virus through oral and nasal secretions, which may contaminate common feeding and water troughs.
- Thus, the disease can either spread through direct contact with the vectors or through contaminated fodder and water.
- LSDV is not zoonotic, so humans cannot get infected by the virus.
- The disease is endemic in Africa and the Middle East and has been spreading increasingly in Europe and Southeast Asia over recent years.
- Symptoms: The disease is characterised by fever and enlarged superficial lymph nodes on the skin and peculiar multiple nodules or lumps on the Skin.
- Treatment:
- There is no treatment for the virus, so prevention by vaccination is the most effective means of control.
- The infected animals receive supportive care, which involves the use of antibiotics, painkillers, and wound care sprays to treat symptoms.
