Acta Veterinaria (Dec 2016)

Real-Time PCR Assays for the Specific Detection of Field Balkan Strains of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus

  • Vidanović Dejan,
  • Šekler Milanko,
  • Petrović Tamaš,
  • Debeljak Zoran,
  • Vasković Nikola,
  • Matović Kazimir,
  • Hoffmann Bernd

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/acve-2016-0038
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 4
pp. 444 – 454

Abstract

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Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an important disease of cattle which is included in the OIE list of notifiable terrestrial animal diseases because of its great economic importance. The etiological agent is the Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV).

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