Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) is a poxvirus that mainly affects cattle and can lead to symptoms such as severe reduction in milk production as well as infertility and mortality, which has resulted ...

Nagpur: Scientists at CSIR-Neeri have made an unexpected finding that shows DNA traces of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) in the upper respiratory tract microbiome of human subjects. Siddharth Singh ...

This study investigates the genome-wide analysis of the Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) isolate from recent outbreaks in Bangladesh. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) revealed high sequence ...

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has now tracked the virus behind India’s lumpy skin cattle crisis. The research insights pave the way for improved diagnostics and vaccines in veterinary ...

Two locations have been identified as the most likely entry points into Australia for a disease that poses a huge risk to the beef and dairy industries. A University of Queensland-led team has built ...

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a viral disease that primarily affects cattle but can also impact domestic water buffalo and some wild ruminants. It poses a global threat to cattle production and imposes ...

Ahmedabad: Scientists investigating the lumpy skin disease (LSD) outbreaks in cattle identified mutations in the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) from samples collected in Jamnagar during the 2022 ...

veterinarian Dr Rita Goyale said, "There is no evidence that the disease can transmit from animals to humans. It is not a zoonotic disease. It is goat pox that has gone into the cow. That is how the ...

Lumpi-ProVac is safe in animals and induces LSDV-specific antibody-and cell-mediated immune response, besides providing complete protection against lethal LSDV challenge. The vaccine is used for the ...

In May 2022, cattle across India began dying of a mysterious illness. Since then, about 1,00,000 cows have lost their lives to a devastating outbreak of what scientists have identified as lumpy skin ...