RISK ANALYSIS AND FORECAST OF THE WORLD EPIZOOTIC SITUATION OF LUMPY SKIN DISEASE OF CATTLE FOR THE PERIOD UP TO 2030

Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) in Turkish cattle appeared suddenly two years ago. This study evaluates potential risks of LSD and recommends appropriate control measures. The World Animal Health Organization’s protocol was used for the risk analysis. Likelihoods for disease release and exposure were estimated with a qualitative scale ranging from negligible to high. Outbreaks were recorded in nine provinces in Turkey. Total economic loss due to the disease was estimated to be $241.903.500 US dollars. The risk analysis suggests a greater than negligible risk. Therefore, disease prevention and control strategies should be considered by the Turkish Veterinary Authority.

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The keratinized layers as an ideal region for TEM localization of microorganisms in bovine dermatitis

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100111045 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

pp. 186-187

Author(s):

G.N. Isitor

Keyword(s):

Skin Biopsy ◽

Skin Disease ◽

Present Report ◽

Common Occurrence ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease ◽

The World ◽

Micro Organisms ◽

Dead Tissue ◽

Different Parts

Bovine dermatitis of bacterial and viral involvement are of common occurrence in different parts of the world. The notable bovine dermatitis of both categories are dermatophilosis, lumpy skin disease and pyoderma. In terms of overall prevalence and severity, dermatophilosis is among the topmost ranking of all bovine dermatitis. It is usually a chronic dermatitis affecting most domesticated animals and man all over the world, especially in humid topical regions.The role of the outermost keratinized layers in common bovine dermatitis, such as dermatophilosis, appear not to be fully appreciated in view of the usual assumption that the keratinized layers are solely composed of dead tissue elements. It is therefore a common practice to discard the keratinized layers during processing of skin biopsy lesions. The result is that the associated micro-organisms are hardly localized or non significantly isolated. The present report furnishes evidence indicating that the keratinized layers serve as an ideal region for the activities of micro-organisms associated with two types of bovine dermatitis clinically resembling dermatophilosis.

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Epidemiological features of Lumpy skin disease of the large ruminants: Review of literature

Journal for Veterinary Medicine, Biotechnology and Biosafety ◽

10.36016/jvmbbs-2020-6-4-2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 9-12

Author(s):

Sh. K. Zeynalova

Keyword(s):

Skin Disease ◽

Animal Health ◽

Biological Properties ◽

Economic Consequences ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease ◽

Urgent Task ◽

The World ◽

Spread Of Infection ◽

Short Time ◽

World Organisation

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an infectious disease in cattle, characterized by nodules on the surface of the skin and which can have serious economic consequences. Starting from 2014, new outbreaks of LSD in the world and its spread to Central Asia and the Middle East are noted. Due to the huge economic impact on the economy, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has classified LSD as a particularly dangerous disease that needs to be notified. The analysis of the literature on LSD shows that many issues remain unstudied and require appropriate research to be carried out. In connection with the difficult epizootic situation and the threat of further spread of the virus, the urgent task is the study of biological properties of the causative agent with a view of development the specific prophylactic agents that would allow to prevent the spread of infection in a short time

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Development of Dermatological Skin Disease Detection and Classification based on Wavelet and ANN

International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering ◽

10.23956/ijarcsse.v8i5.657 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 10

Author(s):

Revati Kadu ◽

U. A. Belorkar

Keyword(s):

Neural Network ◽

Artificial Neural Network ◽

Skin Disease ◽

Skin Diseases ◽

Screening Method ◽

Phase Detection ◽

Statistical Measures ◽

The World ◽

Artificial Neural ◽

Wavelet Techniques

One of the most common and augmenting health problems in the world are related to skin. The most unpredictable and one of the most difficult entities to automatically detect and evaluate is the human skin disease because of complexities of texture, tone, presence of hair and other distinctive features. Many cases of skin diseases in the world have triggered a need to develop an effective automated screening method for detection and diagnosis of the area of disease. Therefore the objective of this work is to develop a new technique for automated detection and analysis of the skin disease images based on color and texture information for skin disease screening. In this paper, system is proposed which detects the skin diseases using Wavelet Techniques and Artificial Neural Network. This paper presents a wavelet-based texture analysis method for classification of five types of skin diseases. The method applies tree-structured wavelet transform on different color channels of red, green and blue dermoscopy images, and employs various statistical measures and ratios on wavelet coefficients. In all 99 unique features are extracted from the image. By using Artificial Neural Network, the system successfully detects different types of dermatological skin diseases. It consists of mainly three phases image processing, training phase, detection and classification phase.

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Outbreaks of Lumpy Skin Disease of Cattle in Bangladesh: What to Know and What to Do

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3613498 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Md. Sahidur Rahman

Keyword(s):

Skin Disease ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease

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MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIURS IN CATTLE (2017).

Egyptian Journal of Animal Health ◽

10.21608/ejah.2021.129459 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Hala Salem

Keyword(s):

Molecular Characterization ◽

Skin Disease ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease

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Comparative Evaluation of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus-Based Live Attenuated Vaccines

Vaccines ◽

10.3390/vaccines9050473 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 473

Author(s):

Andy Haegeman ◽

Ilse De Leeuw ◽

Laurent Mostin ◽

Willem Van Campe ◽

Laetitia Aerts ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Disease Virus ◽

Skin Disease ◽

Vaccination Campaign ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Vaccine Failure ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease Virus ◽

The Balkans ◽

The Past ◽

Preventative Strategy

Vaccines form the cornerstone of any control, eradication and preventative strategy and this is no different for lumpy skin disease. However, the usefulness of a vaccine is determined by a multiplicity of factors which include stability, efficiency, safety and ease of use, to name a few. Although the vaccination campaign in the Balkans against lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) was successful and has been implemented with success in the past in other countries, data of vaccine failure have also been reported. It was therefore the purpose of this study to compare five homologous live attenuated LSDV vaccines (LSDV LAV) in a standardized setting. All five LSDV LAVs studied were able to protect against a challenge with virulent LSDV. Aside from small differences in serological responses, important differences were seen in side effects such as a local reaction and a Neethling response upon vaccination between the analyzed vaccines. These observations can have important implications in the applicability in the field for some of these LSDV LAVs.

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Development of a Safe and Highly Efficient Inactivated Vaccine Candidate against Lumpy Skin Disease Virus

Vaccines ◽

10.3390/vaccines9010004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 4

Author(s):

Janika Wolff ◽

Tom Moritz ◽

Kore Schlottau ◽

Donata Hoffmann ◽

Martin Beer ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Skin Disease ◽

Animal Health ◽

Vaccine Virus ◽

Lumpy Skin Disease ◽

Virus Shedding ◽

Clinical Protection ◽

Inactivated Vaccines ◽

Disease Free ◽

World Organisation ◽

Free Status

Capripox virus (CaPV)-induced diseases (lumpy skin disease, sheeppox, goatpox) are described as the most serious pox diseases of livestock animals, and therefore are listed as notifiable diseases under guidelines of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Until now, only live-attenuated vaccines are commercially available for the control of CaPV. Due to numerous potential problems after vaccination (e.g., loss of the disease-free status of the respective country, the possibility of vaccine virus shedding and transmission as well as the risk of recombination with field strains during natural outbreaks), the use of these vaccines must be considered carefully and is not recommended in CaPV-free countries. Therefore, innocuous and efficacious inactivated vaccines against CaPV would provide a great tool for control of these diseases. Unfortunately, most inactivated Capripox vaccines were reported as insufficient and protection seemed to be only short-lived. Nevertheless, a few studies dealing with inactivated vaccines against CaPV are published, giving evidence for good clinical protection against CaPV-infections. In our studies, a low molecular weight copolymer-adjuvanted vaccine formulation was able to induce sterile immunity in the respective animals after severe challenge infection. Our findings strongly support the possibility of useful inactivated vaccines against CaPV-infections, and indicate a marked impact of the chosen adjuvant for the level of protection.

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