Lumpy skin disease. A manual for veterinarians

The Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a viral disease of cattle that has dramatic effects on rural livelihoods, which strongly dependent on cattle. The disease slashes milk production and may lead sterility in bulls and fertility problems in females. It damages hides, and causes death due to secondary bacterial infections. Although traditionally limited to sub-Saharan Africa, LSD has slowly been invading new territories such as the Middle East and Turkey, and since 2015, most of the Balkan countries, the Caucasus and the Russian Federation, where the disease continues to spread and the risk of an imminent incursion into other unaffected countries, is very high. Veterinarians, cattle farmers, and others along the value chain are facing the disease for first time and are unfamiliar with LSD’s clinical presentation, its transmission routes and the available prevention and control options. This manual aims to fill these gaps by providing veterinary professionals and paraprofessionals with the information they need to promptly diagnose and react to an outbreak of LSD. Cattle farmers will also benefit from reading it.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	1423211780940 Tuppurainen, E., 185230 FAO, Rome (Italy). Animal Production and Health Div. eng, 1423211780941 Alexandrov, T., 1423211777155 Beltrán-Alcrudo, D.
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Rome (Italy) FAO 2017
Subjects:	lumpy skin disease, cattle, animal diseases, disease control, epidemiology, diagnosis, veterinarians, guidelines,
Online Access:	http://www.fao.org/3/i7330en/I7330EN.pdf
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