lumpy skin disease

lumpy skin disease
lumpy skin disease n a highly infectious disease of African cattle that is caused by a poxvirus (genus Capripoxvirus), is marked by mild fever, loss of weight, and the development of inflammatory nodules in the skin and mucous membranes tending to become necrotic and ulcerous, and that may be transmitted by insects

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a highly infectious poxvirus disease in African cattle, which may result in permanent sterility or death, marked by formation of nodules in the skin and sometimes mucous membranes. It resembles dermopathic herpesvirus disease (q.v.).

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