Disease Images

Disease Images: Lumpy Skin Disease

Additional resources for Lumpy Skin Disease


Description:
Bovine, skin. There are disseminated cutaneous papules.

Credit: Noah's Arkive, PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_001

Description:
Bovine, skin. There are disseminated cutaneous papules with necrotic centers (sitfasts).

Credit: Noah's Arkive, PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_002

Description:
Bovine, skin. Necrotic centers (sitfasts) of two of these papules have sloughed.

Credit: Noah's Arkive, PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_003

Description:
Bovine, skin. Removal of the necrotic center (sitfast) of a papule.

Credit: Noah's Arkive, PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_004

Description:
Bovine, skin. There is hemorrhagic exudate subjacent to the necrotic center (sitfast) of a papule.

Credit: Noah's Arkive, PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_005

Description:
Bovine, skin. Multiple subcutaneous nodules elevate the skin.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_006

Description:
Bovine, muzzle. There are multiple sharply-demarcated slightly raised papules, often with eroded surfaces, that extend into the nares.

Credit: Noah's Arkive, PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_007

Description:
Bovine, nasal turbinate. Early pox lesions are slightly pale round foci rimmed by petechiae.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_008

Description:
Bovine, nasal turbinate. The centers of well-developed pox are necrotic.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_009

Description:
Bovine, nasal turbinate. Nasal mucosa contains several macules with hyperemic margins.

Credit: Noah's Arkive, PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_010

Description:
Bovine, trachea. The mucosa contains a poorly demarcated round focus rimmed by mild hemorrhage (early pox lesion).

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_011

Description:
Bovine, trachea. Two coalescing mucosal macules have hyperemic margins.

Credit: Noah's Arkive, PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_012

Description:
Bovine, lung. There is marked generalized interlobular edema, and there is a small cluster of red nodules on the left side of the specimen.

Credit: Noah's Arkive, PIADC
Photo ID: LSD_013

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These images were annotated by Dr. Steve Sorden and Dr. Claire Andreasen and funding was provided by a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant in collaboration with the Iowa State University Department of Veterinary Pathology, Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH), Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), and Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC).