Lumpy skin virus disease: what is the hallmark of the virus that has killed thousands of cows? What is the remedy for the virus causing panic among the governments and officials of 16 states? And the big question is whether the infection of the lump virus can reach people. Can this infection happening in animals reach the common people? Will the disease not be transmitted to humans from the milk of an infected animal? Can milk found in an area with lentivirus be dangerous? Should common people drink milk or not? Let us know the answers to some such questions.
Three species of this disease
Actually, this disease spreading in milch cattle is called ‘Lumpy Skin Disease Virus’ ie LSDV. There are three types of this disease. The first ‘Capripox virus’. The second was the got pox virus and the third was the sheeppox virus.
animal symptoms
There are many symptoms of this disease- persistent fever, weight loss, drooling, runny eyes and nose, reduced milk, and the appearance of various types of lumps on the body. Along with all this, the formation of lump-like lumps on the body. Many such symptoms start appearing in animals.
fear of humans
Lumpy skin disease is a disease that can be spread by mosquitoes, flies, lice, and wasps. It can also be spread to cattle and other animals by contact with contaminated food and water. This virus is a very fast-spreading virus. Since this disease is being found in milch animals. People are afraid that it might have an effect on them. However, according to Dr. Piyush Ranjan of the Department of Medicine, AIIMS, there is no danger to humans.
humans need not fear
Humans have an innate immunity to this disease. That is, it is one of those diseases that humans cannot have. However, the problem for us humans is that there may be a shortage of milk in India. In Gujarat, there has been a shortage of milk in the Amul plant due to the death of cattle.
The disease was first detected in Africa in 1929. In the last few years, this disease has spread to animals in many countries. It spread to Turkey and Greece in 2015 and to Russia in 2016. In July 2019, the havoc of this virus was seen in Bangladesh. Now it is spreading in many Asian countries. In India, this disease was seen in West Bengal in 2019. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the lumpi virus has spread to seven Asian countries since the year 2019. Apart from India, this disease was first reported in the year 2019. China, Nepal in June 2020, Taiwan and Bhutan in July 2020, Vietnam in October 2020 and Hong Kong in November 2020. The lump has been declared a notified disease by the World Animal Health Organization. There is no vaccine for this virus yet, so medicine is given on the basis of symptoms.
animal protection is essential
To avoid death, animals are given drugs like antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, and anti-histaminic. The virus has spread to lakhs of cattle in various districts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Jammu. Kashmir. has been hit. The worst situation is in Gujarat and Rajasthan. So far more than 1600 cattle have died in Gujarat due to the lumpi virus. At the same time, the death of about 4300 cows has been recorded in Rajasthan.
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virus from Pakistan
It is also believed that the Lumpy virus, which is wreaking havoc in many states of the country, has come to India via Pakistan. This infectious disease named Lumpi came to India via Pakistan in April this year.
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