Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences and Management, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, 110017, India
Short Communication
A Review on Lumpy Skin Disease in India
Author(s): Neeru Chaudhary*
Lumpy skin disease is a viral cross border sickness that affects cattle and domestic water buffaloes across Africa. Since 2012, the illness has expanded swiftly and widely in the Middle East, the Balkans, the Southern Caucasus, and portions of Russia. Despite the implementation of control and eradication efforts, the illness continued to spread from area to region before vaccination programmes had their full impact. Within a short amount of time, the illness might arise hundreds of kilometers away from the initial (focal) epidemic areas. These incursions have inspired long-overdue renewed scientific interest in LSD, resulting in the beginning of a new investigation into several aspects of the disease, including epidemiology, transmission mechanisms, and risk factors. Long-distance spread of LSDV appears to occur through infected animal migration, but differing seasonal patterns sugges.. View More»