Molecular epidemiology and phylogenetic insights of lumpy skin disease in cattle from diverse agro-ecological regions of Punjab, Pakistan

• Muhammad Haider Jabbar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muhammad Haider Jabbar, Farhan Ahmad Atif

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Medicine Section, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Pakistan, Sub-Campus of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Farhan Ahmad Atif ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muhammad Haider Jabbar, Farhan Ahmad Atif

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: farhan.atif@uvas.edu.pk (FAA); aswelum@ksu.edu.sa (AAS)

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Medicine Section, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Pakistan, Sub-Campus of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1407-2019

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• Muhammad Kashif,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Medicine Section, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Pakistan, Sub-Campus of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Ishtiaq Ahmed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Sub-Campus of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, Department of Pathobiology, Pathology Section, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Pakistan

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• Fabrizio Iarussi,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Jonian Area (DiMePRe-J), Section of Veterinary Science and Animal Production, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Valenzano, Bari, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8950-4074

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• Ayman A. Swelum

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: farhan.atif@uvas.edu.pk (FAA); aswelum@ksu.edu.sa (AAS)

  Affiliation Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3247-5898

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