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Excretion of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus following
Vaccination. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, May 2009, Pages: 96
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is caused by a virus in the
genus Capripoxvirus of the family Poxviridae. The
virus has been reported to be excreted in the semen
of experimental infected nonvaccinated bulls.
Nevertheless, vaccination has been the most widely
used method to reduce and prevent the spread of the
disease.
This work was done to determine the efficacy of
lumpy skin disease vaccination in preventing the
excretion of lumpy skin disease virus(LSDV) in semen
of experimentally infected vaccinated bulls. It also
determined further the effect of vaccination and
experimental infection on semen quality.
Six serologically negative bulls were vaccinated
with an attenuated Neethling strain of LSD vaccine.
These bulls were then experimentally infected by
intravenous injection with a virulent field strain
of LSDV. Six unvaccinated bulls were similarly
infected to act as controls
The current data supports the inclusion of a LSD
vaccination programme using this vaccine as a
biosecurity measure with regards to the movement of
semen from LSD infected areas.
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