About the Authors

Amos Ssematimba

a.ssematimba@cgiar.org

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Old Naivasha Road, P.O. Box 30709, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Joerg Jores

Affiliations International Livestock Research Institute, Old Naivasha Road, P.O. Box 30709, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Jeffrey C. Mariner

Affiliations International Livestock Research Institute, Old Naivasha Road, P.O. Box 30709, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, 200 Westboro Rd. North Grafton, MA, United States of America 01536

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: AS. Wrote the paper: AS. Conceived the study: AS JJ JCM. Performed the analyses: AS. Commented on the manuscript: JCM JJ.