Pathological study of contagious ecthyma from skin lesion in naturally infected meat goats

Abstract

Backgrounds: Contagious ecthyma is a zoonotic viral disease, causing problems of meat goat
farming in Thailand. It can cause different types of skin lesions around lip resulting in misdiagnosis of
other virus-induced skin lesions. The aim of the study is to describe pathological characteristics of skin
lesions from naturally orf viral infected meat goats for final and differential diagnosis.