Lumpy skin disease toll impacting milk availability and livelihood
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Lumpy Skin Disease:A livelihood crisis for India’s small dairy farmers
It was on a July day that Lakshmi Devi noticed swelling on her cow Laalri’s legs. The next day, the animal’s body was covered with lumps. Devi called the local…
Lumpy skin disease: 1 lakh cattle deaths, toll almost double in 3 weeks
THE CUMULATIVE number of cattle deaths caused by lumpy skin disease has gone up to 97,435 as on September 23 – almost double from the 49,682 deaths recorded about three weeks ago,…
Lumpy Skin Disease: Are we staring at a milk drought in Maharashtra?
With farmers struggling to contain the fast-spreading infectious Lumpy Skin Disease that has affected an estimated 19,000 cattle in the state, dairy unions fear that milk shortage could disrupt market…
The evolution of lumpy skin disease virus
Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is a viral disease that predominantly affects cattle. First identified in an outbreak in Zambia in 1929, the disease is caused by the LSD virus (LSDV),…
The lumpy skin disease -banning cattle transport to Mumbai
The Mumbai Police have ordered the prohibition of cattle transportation in the city to prevent the spread of the lumpy skin disease (LSD). The order came into force on September…
Lumpy skin disease virus different from 2019 version
The lumpy skin disease (LSD) virus that has killed at least 50,000 cattle in India this year may be structurally different from the version of the virus prevalent in India…
Fast-spreading lumpy disease hits milk output
The fresh wave of viral infection of Lumpy skin disease (LSD) in cattle has spread to newer geographical areas of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, while eight other States continue to…
Declare Lumpy Skin Disease a cattle pandemic in India
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11.2-lakh cattle across 12 states in lumpy skin grip: Sanjeev Balyan
The lumpy skin disease (LSD) has affected 11.2-lakh cattle, including 49,682 deaths, in 165 districts across a dozen states and Union Territories in the country till August 30 this year, Union Minister…