Lumpy skin disease outbreak in Pakistan explained

Lumpy skin disease outbreak in Pakistan
Location:	Pakistan
Date:	November 2021 – present
Deaths:	7,000+

Lumpy skin disease was spotted in Pakistan in Jamshoro district, Sindh in November 2021.^[1] By 9 September 2022, over 7000 cattle had died.^[2] Pakistan has 93 million cattle and buffaloes.^[3]

In the beginning of March 2022, a representative of the Dairy and Cattle Farmers Association had requested government intervention in closing provincial borders for cattle.^[4] The association had also sent a letter to the Prime Minister in this regard.^{[5] [6]} Samples from Karachi were sent to Islamabad for testing.

A goat pox vaccine has been found effective.^[7] Approval for imported vaccines was given in March 2022.^{[8] [9]}

Further reading

Journals

• Azeem . Shahan . Sharma . Banshi . Shabir . Shafqat . Akbar . Haroon . Venter . Estelle . 2022 . Accepted 10 December 2021 . Lumpy skin disease is expanding its geographic range: A challenge for Asian livestock management and food security . The Veterinary Journal . en . 279 . 105785 . 10.1016/j.tvjl.2021.105785 . 34915159 . 245183135 . No LSD outbreaks have yet been reported in Pakistan, which has approximately 85 million cattle and buffaloes and the third largest cattle and buffalo populations in Southeast Asia (Roche et al., 2020).. 2263/83431 . free .

Articles

• Web site: Omer . Shahab . 2022-07-17 . In the aftermath of Eid, where does lumpy skin disease stand? . Profit by Pakistan Today.
• Web site: 2022-09-06 . Lumpy skin disease badly affects beef business in Peshawar . Pakistan Observer.
• Web site: Arshad . Malik . 2022-08-12 . Sale of beef banned in Noorpur Thal . The Express Tribune.
• Web site: Ilyas . Faiza . 2022-03-22 . Milk, meat sales fall as lumpy skin disease spreads to 22 districts in Sindh . Dawn.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mahmood . Amjad . 29 August 2022 . Bracing for a second wave of the lumpy skin disease . Dawn.
2. Web site: Hanif . Haseeb . 2022-09-09 . Lumpy skin disease kills 7,500 cattle . 2022-10-03 . The Express Tribune . en.
3. Web site: Ebrahim . Zofeen . 27 May 2022 . Fears of lumpy skin disease resurgence at Eid festival . 2022-10-03 . SciDev.Net.
4. Web site: Ilyas . Faiza . March 3, 2022 . Viral disease outbreak reported in cattle farms in Karachi, other parts of province . Dawn.
5. Web site: Nazir . Mudassir . 3 March 2022 . Lumpy skin disease outbreak reported in Karachi cattle farms . Samaa English.
6. Web site: March 3, 2022 . Karachi dairy farmers seek Fed help over viral disease in livestock . Ary News.
7. Web site: Ahmed . Amin . 2022-03-08 . Task force set up to combat spread of lumpy skin disease . 2022-10-03 . Dawn.
8. Web site: Rehman . Hamid ur . 2022-03-15 . Pakistan approves vaccines to contain lumpy skin disease . 2022-10-03 . Samaa . en.
9. Web site: Ayub . Imran . 2022-03-29 . Sindh set to import 1.9m doses of cattle vaccine after Drap approval . 2022-10-03 . Dawn.