Lumpy skin disease outbreak in India
The 2022 lumpy skin disease outbreak in India resulted in the death of over 97,000 cattle in three months between July and 23 September. Starting from outbreaks in Gujarat and Rajasthan, in three months cattle in 15 states across India were affected. On 21 September, out of 18,50,000 cases over 65% of cases were from Rajasthan. Over 50,000 deaths were reported from Rajasthan. India's cattle population according to the last livestock census was 192.5 million. Outbreak In November 2019 lumpy skin disease in the country was confirmed in a lab. It was mainly restricted to sporadic cases in locations such as Odisha. The origin or source of the disease in India, as well as the outbreak in 2022 remained unknown. A comparison and analysis of the 2022 outbreak with the 2019 version found differences in the disease. States such as Kerala reported 30-40 cases each between December 2019 and January 2021. In August 2020 cases were reported from Assam. Cases were first reported in April 2022 from Gujarat. In late July 2022 Gujarat introduced bans on cattle movement in select districts. Maharashtra's first case was reported on August 4 in Jalgaon district. On 6 August Rajasthan imposed restrictions on cattle