Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD): Be prepared with the Bio-T kit® Lumpy Skin Disease

Posted On: 07/04/2025

After several cases were detected in Sardinia and Lombardy in June, Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) has reached a worrying milestone. On June 29, 2025, the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty (MASA) confirmed the first case in France, in the Savoie department. Already well established in North Africa, notably in Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya, Lumpy Skin Disease is making strong inroads into Europe, making surveillance and rapid diagnosis more vital than ever.

A viral disease with a major impact on health and the economy

Bovine Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is a viral disease affecting cattle. The disease is caused by a poxvirus of the Capripoxvirus type. It manifests itself through the appearance of skin nodules on various parts of the body, fever, a drop in milk production, and a deterioration in the general condition of the animals. Highly contagious and vectored by biting insects, it represents a major risk for the cattle industry, with significant economic consequences in the event of an epidemic.

Our solution: the Bio-T kit® Lumpy Skin Disease

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To help you diagnose this disease quickly and reliably, we offer you our ready-to-use duplex real-time PCR kit, the Bio-T kit® Lumpy Skin Disease. It enables sensitive and specific detection of the virus responsible for Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD).

✔ Evaluated by the Pirbright Institute (UK), the WOAH reference laboratory for the capripox viruses, including the Lumpy Skin Disease virus.

Matrices: whole blood (on EDTA tubes), dry oral, nasal, conjunctival swab, skin lesion swab, skin lesion scraping, and closed nodules biopsy. Individual analyses.

Why choose Bio-T kit® Lumpy Skin Disease?

FAST
Fast defrosting of the ready-to-use Master Mix in blue for quick distinction.
EVALUATION
A kit developed to AFNOR NF U47-600-2 specifications and evaluated by the Pirbright Institute in the UK.
RELIABILITY
Presence of an endogenous IPC to ensure high quality results on all matrices.
PRACTICAL
Extraction and amplification programs common to all kits in the Ruminants range for quick and easy integration into your laboratory routine.

Compatible with various extraction methods

The Bio-T Kit® Lumpy Skin Disease is perfectly compatible with our extraction kits, BioExtract® SuperBall® or BioExtract® Column, but it can also be used with other extraction kits available on the market, giving you great flexibility depending on your equipment and laboratory habits.

For more information on this disease or on our kit, please contact us.

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