Saturday, 14 May 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Lumpy skin disease - Europe (02): Greece, bovine, reemerging, epidemiology

Lumpy Skin Disease -- Greece
1. [Observations]
- Mixed dairy and beef herd (379 heads) vaccinated against LSDV on 26 Nov 2015
- One pregnant heifer (20 months of age) affected
- TB test in early February 2016, no lesions noticed then [see comment]
- Heifer injured when it was mounted by another animal and was separated from the herd to recover
- In early April [2016], animal was down and the owner noticed hairless patches on the back of the animal, where blackbirds were pecking
- The owner was not aware about LSDV

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