WHAT IS LUMPY SKIN DISEASE?

➘ It is an extremely contagious disease caused by a virus that belongs to the same family as the smallpox and monkeypox viruses

➘ It spreads rapidly among cows and buffaloes through vectors like houseflies, mosquitoes and ticks

➘ It causes blister-like nodules all over the body, gradually opening up like deep wounds

➘ Symptoms include fever and excessive nasal and salivary secretion, followed by secondary infections in animals with low immunity

➘ There’s no standard cure; a few allopathic and ayurvedic medicines have shown positive results

➘ Just like in Covid, sequestering the infected cattle and mass vaccination hold the key to containing the virus spread