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Lumpyskin disease is a disease caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae, also known as Neethling virus. Virus classification involves naming and placing Viruses into a taxonomic system A DNA virus is a Virus that has DNA as its Genetic material and replicates using a DNA-dependent DNA polymerase. Poxviruses (members of the family Poxviridae) are viruses that can as a family infect both Vertebrate and Invertebrate animals A virus (from the Latin virus meaning Toxin or Poison) is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable Poxviruses (members of the family Poxviridae) are viruses that can as a family infect both Vertebrate and Invertebrate animals It mainly affects cattle and zebus, but has also been seen in giraffes, African buffalo, and impalas. Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family Zebus ( Bos primigenius indicus) sometimes known as 'humped Cattle ' or 'indicus' cattle are a type of cattle better-adapted to tropical environments The giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African Even-toed ungulate Mammal, the tallest of all land-living Animal Species The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo ( Syncerus caffer) is a large African bovid. An impala ( Aepyceros melampus Greek αιπος aipos "high" κερος ceros "horn" + melas "black" pous [1] Lumpyskin disease was first seen as an epidemic in Zambia in 1929, and since then has affected cattle throughout Africa, including the countries South Africa, Egypt, and Sudan, and in 1989 an outbreak was confirmed in Israel. In Epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people is a classification of a disease that appears as new cases in a The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. [2] It is spread by biting insects.
Lumpyskin disease has an incubation period of two to four weeks. Incubation period is the Time elapsed between exposure to a Pathogenic Organism, or Chemical or radiation, and when Symptoms [1] Symptoms include fever, discharge from the eyes and nose, nodular, necrotic skin lesions, edema of the limbs, and swollen lymph nodes. Necrosis (in Greek Νεκρός = "dead" is the name given to unnatural Death of cells and living tissue. Oedema (or Edema in American English formerly known as dropsy or hydropsy, is the increase of Interstitial fluid in any organ &mdash swelling A Lymph node ( lɪmf noʊd is an organ consisting of many types of cells and is a part of the Lymphatic system. Morbidity can be very high but mortality is low. In Medicine, Epidemiology and Actuarial science, the term morbidity can refer to the state of poor health (from Latin Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific The disease can be easily confused in its early stages with pseudo-lumpyskin disease. Bovine herpesvirus 2 (BHV-2 is a Virus of the family Herpesviridae that causes two diseases in Cattle, bovine mammillitis Two vaccines are available, one a live attenuated version of the Neethling virus, the other a live attenuated version of the sheeppox virus. A vaccine is a biological preparation which is used to establish or improve immunity to a particular disease The attenuator plays an important regulatory role in prokaryotic cells because of the absence of the nucleus in Prokaryotic Organisms Sheeppox and goatpox are diseases caused by separate Viruses of the genus Capripoxvirus (Sheeppox virus Goatpox virus and Lumpyskin disease [2]
References
- ^ a b Carter, G. R. ; Wise, D. J. (2006). Poxviridae. A Concise Review of Veterinary Virology. Retrieved on 2006-07-25. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler
- ^ a b Fenner, Frank J. ; Gibbs, E. Paul J. ; Murphy, Frederick A. ; Rott, Rudolph; Studdert, Michael J. ; White, David O. (1993). Veterinary Virology (2nd ed. ). Academic Press, Inc. ISBN 0-12-253056-X.
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