Technical Disease Card

OIE Technical Disease Card: Lumpy Skin Disease

15/07/2017

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is caused by lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), a virus from the family Poxviridae, genus Capripoxvirus. Sheeppox virus and goatpox virus are the two other virus species in this genus.

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