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09/08/22 06:29 AM IST

lumpy skin disease

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  • The registered cattle deaths due to Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) in Gujarat have risen to 2,633 as 131 more animals succumbed due to the virus.
Lumpy Skin Disease 
  • The lumpy disease is highly contagious and infects cows and buffaloes mainly through vectors like blood-feeding insects, which leads to the formation of nodes on their skin.
  • These nodes look like lumps.
  • The Animal Husbandry Department has said that the disease, which originated in Africa, came to India via Pakistan in April.
  • Besides Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been hit by the outbreak of the disease
  • The  infectious viral disease has spread across the state and it is caused by the capripox virus of poxviridae family, that affects cattle and buffaloes .
  • It is transmitted by arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes, biting flies and ticks.
Source- PIB 

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