Lumpy skin disease: tackling an epidemic in the midst of a pandemic
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate media reports, and African swine fever (ASF) occupies the farming trade publications, a third disease, unknown to many, is spreading at pace across the globe. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a devastating disease of cattle and water buffalo that has spread rapidly across the Middle East and Asia in recent years, resulting in the death of countless animals and threatening people’s livelihoods.