Research Progress on Diagnostic Methods of Lumpy Skin Disease
Lumpy skin disease(LSD),an acute and subacute infectious disease,is caused by lumpy skin disease virus(LSDV). In August 2019,Chinese first case was confirmed in Yili Prefecture,Xinjiang. To prevent and control the disease is subject to rapid and accurate detection. Presently,the goal of generic detection of LSDV and its congeneric virus of different species as well as differential diagnosis of wild strains and vaccine strains have been achieved by a series of molecular detection methods,such as conventional PCR,real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR,high-resolution melting(HRM)curve analysis,loop mediated isothermal amplification(LAMP);the specific antigen and antibody of capripoxvirus could be detected by the immunological methods,such as virus neutralization test(VNT),enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA),Western Blot(WB),etc. However,the detection methods for specific antibodies against LSDV still need further studies. As a new exotic animal disease,LSD should be further monitored by rapid and accurate molecular or immunological methods. In conclusion,relevant research progress was summarized for the purpose of providing some references for the development of LSD diagnosis technology in China.