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What is Lumpy Skin Disease?

Lumpy Disease

Cattle are susceptible to the viral illness known as “Lumpy Skin Disease.” It is spread by ticks or other insects that feed on blood, such as some types of flies, mosquitoes, and ticks.
Lumpy infection mostly effected the skin of animals that is categorized as lumpy jaw, lumpy skin, sheep pox virus, Goat pox virus.
The disease spreads quickly, especially in animals that have never been exposed to the virus. The disease can cause fever, skin tumors, and even result in death in many cases. Continue reading What is Lumpy Skin Disease?

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Uzi Fly is a Menace to Silkworms & Sericulture

Uzi Fly A Threat to Sericulture Industry India - FlyTrap

Before moving to Uzi Fly, let us first talk about Sericulture – the process of silkworm rearing and then we will move on to why uzi fly is a menace to silkworms.

Silkworm Rearing or Sericulture or Silk Farming in India goes back to 140 AD and India is now the second largest producer of silk in the world after China. Sericulture is the process of cultivation searing of silkworms for the production of raw silk.

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