Emergence of Lumpy skin disease in Indian goats

Emerging disease: “a new infection resulting from the evolution or change of an existing pathogenic agent, a known infection spreading to a new geographic area or population, or a previously unrecognized disease diagnosed for the first time and which has a significant impact on animal or public health”. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a transboundary, arthropod-borne viral disease of cattle and buffaloes. Lumpy skin disease (LSD, Pseudo-urticaria, Neethling virus disease, exanthema nodularisbovis, and knopvelsiekte) is an infectious disease. It is caused by a virus (LSDV) in the family Poxviridae, genus Capripoxvirus. Currently the disease has been emerged as a devastating threat in Europe, Middle East and the southeast Asia. The economic implications of the disease are high due to morbidity (5%-45%) rather than mortality (usually under 10%). OIE has categorized Lumpy skin disease as a notifiable outbreak considering its transboundary potential and threat as agro-terrorism disease.