VIRTUAL STUDY ON OUTBREAK OF LUMPY SKIN DISEASE IN BANGLADESH 2020

Abstract

Lumpy skin disease is a trans-boundary disease of cattle originated in Africa. In recent years it has emerged in different countries with a severe impact on production. Bangladesh has now encountered the second consecutive year outbreaks of LSD. The first outbreak occurred in 2019 while disease manifested with high fever, skin nodule and edema. The reported morbidity rate was 10-20% with 1-5% mortality rate. Sharp decrease in milk production, long time treatment cost and reproductive difficulties lead to the widespread financial loss of farmers. But the scarcity of literature of epidemiology, vector and genetic characteristics of the virus in Bangladesh cause delay in diagnosis and reporting which make the situation become worst. Quarantine and mass vaccination are efficient tools to halt the epidemic. However, extensive entomological surveillance might initiative a cost-effective measure through vector control.