About the Authors

Heli Nordgren

heli.nordgren@helsinki.fi

Affiliations FFBA Finnish Fur Breeders Association, Vantaa, Finland, Fin Furlab (FFBA), Vaasa, Finland, University of Helsinki, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland

Kirsi Aaltonen

Affiliations University of Helsinki, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland, University of Helsinki, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki, Finland

Mirja Raunio-Saarnisto

Affiliation Evira, Finnish Food Safety Authority, Seinäjoki, Finland

Antti Sukura

Affiliation University of Helsinki, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland

Olli Vapalahti

Affiliations University of Helsinki, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland, University of Helsinki, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Virology and Immunology, HUSLAB, Hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland

Tarja Sironen

Affiliations University of Helsinki, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland, University of Helsinki, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki, Finland

Competing Interests

We have the following interests: This study was funded in part by the Finnish Fur Breeders association. HN was affiliated to the Finnish Fur Breeders association and to FinFur Lab during the course of the study. HN is currently affiliated to University of Helsinki, Finland. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HN KA AS OV TS. Data curation: HN KA. Formal analysis: HN KA TS. Funding acquisition: OV. Investigation: HN KA MRS TS. Methodology: HN KA MRS TS. Project administration: AS OV. Resources: MRS AS OV. Supervision: AS OV TS. Validation: HN KA TS. Visualization: HN. Writing – original draft: HN KA. Writing – review & editing: HN KA MRS AS OV TS.