Publications by authors named "Shuvranshu Shekhar Biswal"
Vet Res Commun
September 2022
Article Synopsis
- Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) causes lumpy skin disease in cattle, an economically significant transboundary disease, with an outbreak reported in Ganjam district, Odisha, India in August 2020.
- Out of 452 animals examined across 59 farms, 63 were affected, resulting in a morbidity rate of 13.93%, which varied between villages from 5.55% to 21.62%.
- Risk factors identified through logistic regression included grazing animals and cows older than 3 years, while genetic analysis revealed 33.96% of suspected cases were positive for Capripoxvirus, showing high similarity with LSDV samples from other countries.
