Category: Animal Health
Lumpy skin disease (LSD)
What is the Lumpy Skin Disease? According to a report by GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) disease is caused by a virus called the Capripoxvirus and is “an emerging threat to livestock worldwide”. It is genetically related to the goatpox and sheeppox virus family. LSD infects cattle …