About the Authors

Bruno B. Chomel

bbchomel@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Sophie Molia

Affiliations Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-22/E, Montpellier, France

Rickie W. Kasten

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Gina M. Borgo

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense Program, and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Matthew J. Stuckey

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Soichi Maruyama

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan

Chao-chin Chang

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Nadia Haddad

Affiliation UPE, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, UMR-BIPAR, ENVA, ANSES, UPEC, USC INRA, LERPAZ, Maisons Alfort, France

Jane E. Koehler

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense Program, and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BBC JEK. Performed the experiments: RWK CCC S. Maruyama S. Molia GMB BBC. Analyzed the data: BBC MJS CCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NH S. Maruyama CCC. Wrote the paper: BBC JEK.