LUMPY VIRUS OUTBREAKS IN INDIA

Abstract

Animal husbandry is a vital sector of the Indian economy. The emergence of new illnesses, which is a big worry for livestock owners, is currently one of the primary obstacles facing the livestock and dairy sectors. The transboundary illness lumpy skin disease (LSD), which affects cattle and water buffaloes, is significant economically. A virus known as the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) causes lumpy skin disease (LSD). This virus belongs to the Capripoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family. Recently, there has been a 7.1% morbidity
rate among cattle in India due to LSD. Clinical signs of this illness usually involve fever, loss of appetite, and unique nodules on the skin’s mucous membranes found in the mouth, nose, udder, genital, and rectum. They also include a decrease in milk supply, abortion, infertility, and occasionally death. It may be possible to stop the spread of the illness by vaccination, stringent quarantine rules, and vector control.