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- Title
Lumpy Skin Disease—An Emerging Cattle Disease in Europe and Asia.
- Authors
Whittle, Leah; Chapman, Rosamund; Williamson, Anna-Lise
- Abstract
Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) is a member of the Capripoxvirus genus, mainly infecting cattle and buffalo, which until relatively recently was only endemic in parts of Africa and then spread to the Middle East and lately Europe and Asia. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a notifiable disease with a serious impact on the beef industry as it causes mortality of up to 10% and has impacts on milk and meat production, as well as fertility. The close serological relationship between LSDV, goat poxvirus (GTPV) and sheep poxvirus (SPPV) has led to live attenuated GTPV and SPPV vaccines being used to protect against LSD in some countries. There is evidence that the SPPV vaccine does not protect from LSD as well as the GTPV and LSDV vaccines. One of the LSD vaccines used in Eastern Europe was found to be a combination of different Capripoxviruses, and a series of recombination events in the manufacturing process resulted in cattle being vaccinated with a range of recombinant LSDVs resulting in virulent LSDV which spread throughout Asia. It is likely that LSD will become endemic throughout Asia as it will be very challenging to control the spread of the virus without widespread vaccination.
- Subjects
ASIA; LUMPY skin disease; CATTLE diseases; VIRUS diseases; PESTE des petits ruminants; MILK yield; BEEF industry
- Publication
Vaccines, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 3, p578
- ISSN
2076-393X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/vaccines11030578