An outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease in a Holstein dairy herd in Oman: A clinical report

Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 851-859

  Kumar, Somasundaram Mathan ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Emerging disease; Herd outbreak; Holstein herd lumpy skin disease; Livestock health; LSD cattle; Lumpy skin disease; OIE listed cattle disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79959906218     PISSN: 16839919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajava.2011.851.859     Document Type: Article

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