High relative abundance of the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans
 is associated with lumpy skin disease outbreaks in Israeli dairy farms

The paper provides literature review on the relationship among climatic conditions, ecological characteristics of the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans L.) and the observed spread of lumpy skin disease across the Russian Federation in 2015-2019. This study was carried out to gain an insight into a role of this potential vector in LSDV transmission. Data analysis shows that the flight activity of the stable fly mainly fits into the seasonal pattern of LSD outbreaks. However, there were outbreaks that occurred outside the period of the stable fly flight activity, pointing to other routes of transmission.

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Lumpy skin disease in Kazakhstan

Tropical Animal Health and Production ◽

10.1007/s11250-021-02613-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 53 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mukhit B. Orynbayev ◽

Raikhan K. Nissanova ◽

Berik M. Khairullin ◽

Arman Issimov ◽

Kunsulu D. Zakarya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Disease Virus ◽

Cell Cultures ◽

Skin Disease ◽

Stomoxys Calcitrans ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease ◽

Dermacentor Marginatus ◽

The Third ◽

Gpcr Gene ◽

Mdbk Cells ◽

The Republic

AbstractThis study describes the registration of the first cases of lumpy skin disease in July 2016 in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the rural district of Makash, Kurmangazinsky district of Atyrau region, 459 cattle fell ill and 34 died (morbidity 12.9% and mortality 0.96%). To determine the cause of the disease, samples were taken from sick and dead animals, as well as from insects and ticks. LSDV DNA was detected by PCR in all samples from dead animals and ticks (Dermacentor marginatus and Hyalomma asiaticum), in 14.29% of samples from horseflies (Tabanus bromius), and in one of the samples from two Stomoxys calcitrans flies. The reproductive LSD virus was isolated from organs of dead cattle and insects in the culture of LT and MDBK cells. The virus accumulated in cell cultures of LT and MDBK at the level of the third passage with titers in the range of 5.5–5.75 log 10 TCID50/cm3. Sequencing of the GPCR gene allowed us to identify this virus as a lumpy skin disease virus.

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Response to the Letter to the Editor concerning “Lumpy skin disease outbreaks in China, since 3 August 2019”by Lu et al. (Transbound Emerg Dis; 2021: https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13898)

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases ◽

10.1111/tbed.14455 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Gang Lu ◽

Xin Yin ◽

Shoujun Li

Keyword(s):

Skin Disease ◽

Disease Outbreaks ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease ◽

Letter To The Editor

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Temporal and spatial distribution of lumpy skin disease outbreaks in Ethiopia in the period 2000 to 2015

BMC Veterinary Research ◽

10.1186/s12917-017-1247-5 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

W. Molla ◽

M. C. M. de Jong ◽

K. Frankena

Keyword(s):

Spatial Distribution ◽

Skin Disease ◽

Disease Outbreaks ◽

Temporal And Spatial Distribution ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease ◽

Temporal And Spatial

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Economic cost of lumpy skin disease outbreaks in three Balkan countries: Albania, Bulgaria and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2016-2017)

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases ◽

10.1111/tbed.12926 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 65 (6) ◽

pp. 1680-1688 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Jordi Casal ◽

Alberto Allepuz ◽

Aleksandra Miteva ◽

Ledi Pite ◽

Blagojco Tabakovsky ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Skin Disease ◽

Disease Outbreaks ◽

Economic Cost ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease ◽

Republic Of Macedonia ◽

Balkan Countries ◽

Yugoslav Republic

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Assessment on Economic Losses due to Animal Health and Production Constraints in Jimma Town Intensive Dairy Farms, Jimma, Ethiopia

European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences ◽

10.34104/ejmhs.020.052060 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 52-60

Keyword(s):

Skin Disease ◽

Animal Health ◽

Dairy Farms ◽

Dairy Farming ◽

Economic Losses ◽

Financial Loss ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease ◽

Production Constraints ◽

Milk Fever ◽

Jimma Town

A single-visit-multiple subject formal survey technique was used to collect data from 75 small-scale dairy farming households which were selected at random and were interviewed using a pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire. Seventy-three (97.3%) dairy farming was practiced under an intensive management system. Among the selected dairy farms, only (33.3%) were kept in good hygienic condition. Artificial insemination was common (69.3%) breeding system practiced in most dairy farms of studying area. This study discovered that only a few dairy farms (2.7%) undergo periodic vaccination. It appeared from the study that morbidity loss of animals was primarily caused by mastitis which calculated (42.7%), black leg (32%), lumpy skin disease (21.3%), milk fever (17.3%), heart water (10.7%) and foot rote (5.3%) in order of their decreasing order. The results of this survey revealed that mastitis was ranked as the number one disease of dairy animals while foot rote was list reported disease in the study area. Morbidity loss of production and productivity was estimated to the financial loss of (812,600 birrs) per year. Not only morbidity loss, in some farms, mortality was also common problems of the study area. Mainly common diseases such as heart water (6.7%), milk fever (5.3%), back leg (2.7%), and lumpy skin disease (1.7%) were major causes of mortality in few farms. This in turn estimated the financial loss of (625,000 birrs). Eventually, overall annual financial loss as a result of mortality and morbidity was estimated to be (1,437,600 birrs). The outbreak of lumpy skin disease and blacklegs could be controlled through improving veterinary services with respect to adequate vaccination and heart water (seasonal tick infestation) would be alleviated by spraying. The aim of the study was to assess assessment on economic losses due to animal health and production constraints in Jimma town intensive dairy farms, Jimma, Ethiopia.

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