PRO/AH/EDR> Lumpy skin disease – Bulgaria: (KK,SZ) bovine, 1st rep, OIE

Lumpy Skin Disease — Bulgaria
Information received on [and dated] 14 Apr 2016 from Dr Damyan Iliev, Chief Veterinary Officer and Deputy Executive Director, Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Sofia, Bulgaria
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 12 Apr 2016
Date of confirmation of the event: 13 Apr 2016
Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed disease
Causal agent: Lumpy skin disease virus
Nature of diagnosis: laboratory (basic)
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