About the Authors

M. Heather West Greenlee

mheather@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Interdepartmental Toxicology Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America

Jodi D. Smith

Current address: Department of Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America

Affiliation Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America

Ekundayo M. Platt

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Cell Biology and Interdepartmental Toxicology Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America

Jessica R. Juarez

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America

Leo L. Timms

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America

Justin J. Greenlee

Affiliation Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America

Competing Interests

Authors MHWG and JJG hold the patent ‘Method to detect transmissible spongiform encephalopathies via electroretinogram.’ Application number 12/423, 046. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MHWG JJG. Performed the experiments: MHWG JDS EMP JRJ LLT JJG. Analyzed the data: MHWG JDS JJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MHWG LLT JJG. Wrote the paper: MHWG JJG.