You’d have guessed it
Ivermectin is effective against lumpy skin disease
The government’s only solution: cull the herd and vaccinate
Published on 23 July 2025 by pgibertie
Hélène Banoun
@BanounHelene
“To assess the antiviral activity of ivermectin (IVM) against LSDV and SPPV by treatment at the attachment and penetration stages of the virus, titres of virus untreated or treated with 2.5 μM of IVM were compared by titration.”
“Ivermectin was statistically more effective against LSDV than SPPV at the attachment and penetration stages of the virus (P<0.05). This study revealed that IVM can inhibit capripoxviruses, including LSDV and SPPV at various stages of propagation.”
“The number of infectious virions for LSDV and SPPV was reduced by 99.82% and 99.87% at the viral replication stage, 68.38% and 25.01% at the attachment stage, and 57.83% and 0.0% at the penetration stage, respectively.”
Eda Baldan Toker, Ozer Ates, Kadir Yeşilbağ, Inhibition of bovine and ovine capripoxviruses (Lumpy skin disease virus and Sheeppox virus) by ivermectin occurs at different stages of propagation in vitro, Virus Research, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198671.(https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168170221003786)
