Lumpy skin disease is a threat to Australia and could decimate our cattle industries – we need to know how it could enter and spread
- Written by: Kei Owada, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
assiduousness, ShutterstockAustralian authorities are on high alert amid the spread of lumpy skin disease in cattle and buffalo across South-East Asia. While Australia remains free of the disease, the virus is likely to breach our borders at some stage.
Detection of the disease in Australia’s livestock industries would lead to restrictions on...
