Lumpy skin disease virus

Life > viruses > Double Strand DNA Viruses > Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Large DNA > Poxviridae > Chordopoxvirinae > Genus: Capripoxvirus

Causes Lumpy skin disease (Knopvelsiekte in Afrikaans).

Publications

• Hunter P, Wallace D. 2001. Lumpy skin disease in southern Africa: a review of the disease and aspects of control. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 72(2): 68–71. pdf

Text by Hamish G. Robertson