Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
C Yugandhar, P Shobha, S Swethakanthi and C Vijaya Kumar

Abstract:
Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is a viral infection of livestock mainly white cattle. The prominent clinical signs present in most of the animals are presence of cutaneous nodular lesion and in severe cases edema of the dependable parts. The diagnosis based on history and clinical signs is the most reliable method in the field conditions. The present study was conducted in eight mandals representing one each from eight districts of Southern Andhra Pradesh. The results showed that the average morbidity was 17.47 percent, Mortality 0.4 percent and the case fatality rate was 2.29 percent. Among the total deaths the calves aged below 1 year have recorded a death percentage of 75. In spite of vigorous treatment with high antibiotics, anti inflammatory, anti histamines, combination of allopathy and homeopathy the affected animals took a maximum of 60 days to get completely recover from all the lesions.