About the Authors

Samuel Fischer

samuel.fischer@tiho-hannover.de

Affiliation Clinic for Poultry, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Sophie Kittler

Affiliation Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Günter Klein

Affiliation Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Gerhard Glünder

Affiliation Clinic for Poultry, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SF SK GK GG. Performed the experiments: SF. Analyzed the data: SF GG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF. Wrote the paper: SF SK GK GG.