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JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND BIOMEDICINE
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Dr.Richa Mishra Online ISSN
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J. Pharmacol. Biomed
ABSTRACT

Lumpy Skin Disease is a disorder which is affecting most of the animals and thus is spreading to nation worldwide and is becoming as a epidemic in current times and serves as a plat- form to turn attention towards its rising disorder. It is a carri- er spread disease transmitted by different arthropods. This article provides detailed information about the LSD, LSDV, diagnosis (not by regular blood tests but by the use of special techniques such as fluorescence, antibodies tests,ELISA), treatment of this fatal disease by both pharmacological and non- pharmacological factors, methods to reduce the risk of lumpy skin disease. Still there is no permanent cure of this disease but healthcare professionals are prescribing some medicines to prevent the spread of this life threatening dis- ease. But quarantine of the infected animal is the first aid to be provided in case of absence of medication.Lumpy skin dis- ease is a life threatening infectious and occasionally fatal dis- ease of cattle. Sources of transmission of lumpy skin disease are cutaneous nodules. It is believed to be pandemic in Africa, mainly a disease of cattle with 20% survival rate and 2% chances of case fatality. But in few cases strong antibiotic therapy seems to be useful Before live attenuated vaccination camps took their full effect, the disease continued spreading from region to region, mainly showing seasonal spread despite applicating control and spread measures. Till now, the most likely vectors for LSDV transmission are blood-sucking arthro- pods such as flies, mosquitoesand ticks. New clinical studies reveal that common house fly, also play a major role in LSDV transmission, but this has not yet been tested in a clinical setting.

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Keywords: Epidemic, Spread, Diagnosis, Pharmacological treatment, Non- Pharmacological treatment, Quarantine of the infected animals

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