Sero-epidemiology of Contagious Ecthyma Based on Detection of IgG Antibody in Selected Sheep and Goats Farms in Malaysia

Abstract

C ontagious ecthyma (CE) is an emerging, infectious and zoonotic viral disease of sheep and goat that is caused by CE virus belonging to the poxviridae family according to the classification of the international committee on taxonomy of virus (ICTV) (Tedla et al., 2018). The disease affects the skin and is characterized by the research