About the Authors

Danika Bannasch

dlbannasch@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Noa Safra

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Amy Young

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Nili Karmi

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

R. S. Schaible

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

G. V. Ling

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DB. Performed the experiments: NS AY NK. Analyzed the data: DB NS AY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS NK RSS GVL. Wrote the paper: DB AY.