Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) has been front and centre of the attention of the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association (NTCA) over the past 18 months as it has continued to move across south-east Asia closer to the northern Australian coastline.
Despite this increasing risk, until recently there was limited LSD diagnostic testing available for the northern cattle industry with exclusion testing on suspect samples performed only at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) in Geelong, Victoria.
The NTCA said in a statement that industry confidence that the veterinary…
