Emergence of lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) infection in domestic Himalayan yaks (Bos grunniens) in Himachal Pradesh, India.

In this study, we investigated and confirmed natural lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) infection in Himalayan yaks (Bos grunniens) in Himachal Pradesh, India, based on clinical manifestations and results of genome detection, antibody detection, virus isolation, and nucleotide sequencing. Subsequent phylogenetic analysis based on complete GPCR, RPO30, and EEV gene sequences revealed that the LSDV isolates from these yaks and local cattle belonged to LSDV subcluster 1.2.

Papillary cystadenocarcinoma of the mammary gland with metastases to the gastrointestinal tract in a Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos).

A 17-yr-old, multiparous female brown bear (Ursus arctos) bred in captivity at the Himalayan Nature Park, Kufri, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, died after a short progressive illness of 2 wk duration. Clinically, the bear had dyspnea and was pyretic, inappetent, and lethargic. Within the right pectoral mammary gland was an 11-cm diameter, round, firm, subcutaneous mass.