LUMPY SKIN DISEASE E CUTANEOUS AND TESTICULAR LESIONS

Document Type : Research article

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An outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in cattle was recently diagnos ed in Egypt. Clinical signs and gross as well as histopathological altera tions observed in the epidermis, hypodermis, subcutis and seminiferous tubules were described and illustrated. The pathogenesis was discussed, and the possibility of the testicular lesions as an etiologic factor for infertility in male animals was explained and interpreted.