About the Authors

Brendan D. Cowled

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, Australia

Michael P. Ward

michael.ward@sydney.edu.au

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, Australia

Shawn W. Laffan

Affiliation The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Francesca Galea

Affiliation Department of Primary Industries NSW, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Camden, Australia

M. Graeme Garner

Affiliation Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, Australia

Anna J. MacDonald

Affiliation Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

Ian Marsh

Affiliation Department of Primary Industries NSW, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Camden, Australia

Petra Muellner

Affiliation Epi-Interactive, Wellington, New Zealand

Katherine Negus

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, Australia

Sumaiya Quasim

Affiliation Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

Andrew P. Woolnough

Affiliation Victorian Department of Primary Industries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Stephen D. Sarre

Affiliation Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors declare that funding for the study reported in this manuscript was received from a number of commercial sources, Cattle Council of Australia, Meat and Livestock Australia and Australian Pork Ltd., and that one of the co-authors (PM) is employed by a commercial company, Epi-interactive. No other relevant declarations are made relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BC MW SL MGG IM KN SS AW. Performed the experiments: BC MW SL KN. Analyzed the data: BC MW SL FG MGG AM IM PM KN SQ SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG IM AM SQ SS. Wrote the paper: BC MW SL. Facilitated approvals for field work: AW.