The isolation of lumpy skin disease virus and bovine herpesvirus-4 from cattle in Egypt

J A House; T M Wilson; S el Nakashly; I A Karim; I Ismail; N el Danaf; A M Moussa; N N Ayoub

doi:10.1177/104063879000200205

The isolation of lumpy skin disease virus and bovine herpesvirus-4 from cattle in Egypt

J Vet Diagn Invest. 1990 Apr;2(2):111-5. doi: 10.1177/104063879000200205.

Authors

J A House¹, T M Wilson, S el Nakashly, I A Karim, I Ismail, N el Danaf, A M Moussa, N N Ayoub

Affiliation

¹ Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Greenport, NY 11944.

PMID: 1965577
DOI: 10.1177/104063879000200205

Abstract

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) virus (LSDV) was isolated for the first time from cattle in Egypt in 2 disease outbreaks. Bovine herpesvirus-4 (BHV-4) and LSDV were detected in a pooled sample from the first outbreak (Suez). Only LSDV was isolated from the second outbreak (Ismalia). The capripoxviruses were identified as LSDV by neutralization with specific antiserum and by their ability to produce generalized LSD in experimentally inoculated cattle.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cattle
Cattle Diseases / microbiology
Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
Egypt / epidemiology
Herpesviridae / isolation & purification*
Herpesviridae Infections / microbiology
Herpesviridae Infections / veterinary
Lumpy Skin Disease / epidemiology
Lumpy Skin Disease / microbiology*
Lumpy Skin Disease / pathology
Lumpy skin disease virus / isolation & purification*
Lymph Nodes / microbiology
Neutralization Tests
Skin / microbiology
Skin / pathology