About the Authors

Mukhtar Salihu Anka

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Latiffah Hassan

latiffah@upm.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Siti Khairani-Bejo

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Mohamed Abidin Zainal

Affiliation Department of Agribusiness and information system, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Ramlan bin Mohamad

Affiliation Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh Perak, Malaysia

Annas Salleh

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Azri Adzhar

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, Department of Veterinary Services, Putrajaya, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH. Analyzed the data: MSA. Wrote the paper: MSA LH. Carried out the study: MSA. Conceived of the study: LH. Approved the final draft of the manuscript: LH. Participated in the design of the study: SKB RBM MAZ AA. Proof reading of the manuscript: SKB RBM MAZ AA. Helped in the survey and data collection: AS. Helped in acquiring the data: AA.