10 Nov Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD): Triggering concerns among thousands of dairy farmers
ढेलेदार त्वचा रोग (एलएसडी): हजारों डेयरी किसानों के बीच प्रसंगिक परेशानी The viral lumpy skin disease (LSD) has spread to cattle and buffalo in about a dozen big Indian states triggering concerns among thousands of dairy farmers. It was first reported from Mayurbhanj, Odisha in August 2019,” said Dilip Rath (Chairman, NDDB) but now already been reported in many states of our country such as Karnataka, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It is still not clear how many animals have been infected so far in the country. After the arrival of monsoon in India, the level of humidity become very high during moist weather leading to sever fly menace. These flies bite the livestock which causes hypersensitivity of the skin lesions but some time also spread diseases like cow pox better to say lumpy skin disease among the animals. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a pox viral disease which is a non-zoonotic, vector borne and transboundary disease with limited host range and currently restricted to ruminants viz. cattle and water buffaloes. The disease is characterized by fever, multiple firms, circumscribed skin nodules, and necrotic plaques in the mucous membranes (chiefly of the upper respiratory tract and oral cavity) and swelling of the peripheral...