Studies on lumpy skin disease

ABSTRACT

Agar gel immuno-precipitation test was used for diagnosis of lumpy skin disease [LSD] and resulted in reliable results. Skin biopsies obtained from acute cases were used as antigens. Although, infection of the CAM of embryonated chicken eggs enhanced virus growth, it is not the best laboratory method for disease diagnosis. The fluorescent antibody technique was found to be a quick and a reliable diagnostic method of suspected samples. In case of experimental infection of steers with LSD virus, the humeral neutralizing antibodies showed titers of > 1.7 after inoculation when compared with control steers