About the Authors

An Garmyn

Contributed equally to this work with: An Garmyn, Pascale Van Rooij

an.garmyn@UGent.be

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Pascale Van Rooij

Contributed equally to this work with: An Garmyn, Pascale Van Rooij

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Frank Pasmans

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Tom Hellebuyck

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Wim Van Den Broeck

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Freddy Haesebrouck

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

An Martel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG PVR AM FP. Performed the experiments: AG PVR TH. Analyzed the data: AG PVR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WVDB. Wrote the paper: AG PVR. Provided important suggestions: FH AM FP. Supervised the project: FH AM FP.