Explained: Why the Lumpy Skin Disease continues to spread among cattle | Explained News,The Indian Express
Lumpy Skin Disease: Since the first case was reported on April 23 in Kutch, the disease has spread to 26 of Gujarat’s 33 districts and has claimed more than 4,000 cattle heads. Why is the infection spreading and what is being done to tackle it?
Thursday, Aug 25, 2022
ePaper
Today’s Paper
Journalism of Courage
HomeExplainedPolitical PulseIndiaCitiesOpinionEntertainmentLifestyleVideosSportsAudioEducationWorldBusinessTechnology
Subscribe
Sign In
TrendingElection 2022CoronavirusCovid vaccinationCricketHealth
if (window.innerWidth) //if browser supports window.innerWidth
var page_w=window.innerWidth;
else if (document.all) //else if browser supports document.all (IE 4+)
var page_w=document.body.clientWidth;
//var page_w=screen.width;
if( page_w > 1024 ) {
jQuery(".add-left,.add-right").show();
}else{
jQuery(".add-left,.add-right").hide();
}
HomeExplainedExplained: Why the Lumpy Skin Disease continues to spread among cattle
Explained: Why the Lumpy Skin Disease continues to spread among cattle
Lumpy Skin Disease: Since the first case was reported on April 23 in Kutch, the disease has spread to 26 of Gujarat’s 33 districts and has claimed more than 4,000 cattle heads. Why is the infection spreading and what is being done to tackle it?
Written by Gopal B Kateshiya
, Edited by Explained Desk
/// Story Page Editor Details ////
jQuery(".bulletProj").hover(function() {
var dividshow = '#div_'+jQuery( this ).attr( 'id' );
jQuery( this ).siblings("#div_written_by_parent").html( jQuery( dividshow ).html() ).show();
})
jQuery(".editor-details, .editor").hover(function () {},function () {
var dividhide = '#'+jQuery( this ).attr( 'id' );
jQuery( "#div_written_by_parent" ).html("");
jQuery( "#div_written_by_parent" ).hide();
});
Ahmedabad | Updated: August 25, 2022 8:52:39 am
Cattle infected by Lumpy Skin Disease are taken care of by volunteers at a temporary isolation shelter at Gandhidham in Gujarat. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)Several states, including Gujarat and Rajasthan, have been battling the outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), a viral infection of cattle.
Since the first LSD case was reported on April 23 this year in Kutch, the disease has spread to 26 of Gujarat’s 33 districts and has claimed more than 4,000 cattle heads. In Rajasthan, around 27,000 cattle heads have reportedly succumbed to the virus. Since 2019, outbreaks of the disease have been reported in 20 states of India.
The LSD virus
LSD is caused by the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), which is a virus of the capripoxvirus genus in the poxviridae family. Sheeppox virus and goatpox virus are the other members of the genus capripoxvirus. The LSDV mainly affects cattle — cow and its progeny, and the Asian water buffaloes. According to a 2021 report of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, LSD outbreaks occur in epidemics several years apart. As per the report, the existence of a specific reservoir for the virus is not known, nor is it known as to how and where the virus survives between epidemics.
Prevalence
Rating: 5