About the Authors

Charles D. Kato

Affiliation School of Bio-security, Biotechnical & Laboratory Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources & Bio-security, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda

Ann Nanteza

Affiliation School of Bio-security, Biotechnical & Laboratory Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources & Bio-security, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda

Claire Mugasa

Affiliation School of Bio-security, Biotechnical & Laboratory Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources & Bio-security, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda

Andrew Edyelu

Affiliation Lwala Hospital, Kaberamaido Uganda

Enock Matovu

Affiliation School of Bio-security, Biotechnical & Laboratory Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources & Bio-security, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda

Vincent P. Alibu

vpalibu@yahoo.com

Affiliation College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDK EM AN CM VPA. Performed the experiments: CDK AE. Analyzed the data: CDK VPA AN CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM VPA AE. Wrote the paper: CDK EM AN CM AE VPA.