About the Authors

Janna M. Schurer

Contributed equally to this work with: Janna M. Schurer, Ellen Rafferty

jschurer@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Ellen Rafferty

Contributed equally to this work with: Janna M. Schurer, Ellen Rafferty

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Marwa Farag

‡ These authors were co-principal investigators on this work.

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Wu Zeng

Affiliation Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Emily J. Jenkins

‡ These authors were co-principal investigators on this work.

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMS ER MF. Performed the experiments: JMS ER WZ. Analyzed the data: JMS ER WZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ER EJJ. Wrote the paper: JMS ER WZ MF EJJ.