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Observations on the epidemiology of lumpy skin disease in Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

F. G. Davies
F. G. Davies
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Laboratory, P.O. Kabete, Kenya
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Lumpy skin disease virus strains isolated in Kenya over a period of some 20 years have proved to be serologically identical. They were indistinguishable by indirect fluorescent antibody and serum neutralization tests from the South African Neethling and West African serotypes. These two serological methods proved of value in studying the antibody responses to infection.

While epizootic spread of LSD has occurred in Kenya, most cases are of a sporadic nature and are thought to be the result of accidental contacts with a maintenance cycle. There is evidence of antibody to LSD in the African buffalo (Syncerus coffer) in those areas where LSD is considered to be enzootic in Kenya, and also in small numbers of domestic cattle. No buffalo or bovine sera contained antibody to cowpox virus. An area enzootic for LSD is proposed and it is suggested that the maintenance cycle involves the buffalo. No antibody was found in the other wild ruminant species examined.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 95 - 102
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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