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Lumpy skin disease: observations on the recent outbreaks of the disease in the Sudan. 1993

A I Khalafalla, and M A Gaffar Elamin, and Z Abbas

Central Veterinary Research Laboratories, SOBA, Elamarat, Khartoum, Soudan.

Outbreaks of lumpy skin disease in imported Friesian and indigenous cattle which occurred in the Khartoum State during the period of 1989-1991, are described. The disease was diagnosed from clinical findings, isolation and identification of the virus and from electron microscopy. Clinical findings included pyrexia, nasal discharge, appearance of multiple skin nodules of varying sizes, oedema of legs and brisket and abortion. The disease in purebred Friesian cattle was severe with a morbidity rate of 37.9% and a mortality rate of 4.2% while it was rather mild in indigenous cattle.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008166	Lumpy Skin Disease	A poxvirus infection of cattle characterized by the appearance of nodules on all parts of the skin.	Disease, Lumpy Skin,Diseases, Lumpy Skin,Lumpy Skin Diseases,Skin Disease, Lumpy,Skin Diseases, Lumpy
D002417	Cattle	Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor.	Beef Cow,Bos grunniens,Bos indicus,Bos indicus Cattle,Bos taurus,Cow,Cow, Domestic,Dairy Cow,Holstein Cow,Indicine Cattle,Taurine Cattle,Taurus Cattle,Yak,Zebu,Beef Cows,Bos indicus Cattles,Cattle, Bos indicus,Cattle, Indicine,Cattle, Taurine,Cattle, Taurus,Cattles, Bos indicus,Cattles, Indicine,Cattles, Taurine,Cattles, Taurus,Cow, Beef,Cow, Dairy,Cow, Holstein,Cows,Dairy Cows,Domestic Cow,Domestic Cows,Indicine Cattles,Taurine Cattles,Taurus Cattles,Yaks,Zebus
D004196	Disease Outbreaks	Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.	Outbreaks,Infectious Disease Outbreaks,Disease Outbreak,Disease Outbreak, Infectious,Disease Outbreaks, Infectious,Infectious Disease Outbreak,Outbreak, Disease,Outbreak, Infectious Disease,Outbreaks, Disease,Outbreaks, Infectious Disease
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013397	Sudan	A country in northeastern Africa. The capital is Khartoum.	Republic of the Sudan