About the Authors

Xiuli Yang

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Adam S. Coleman

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Juan Anguita

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Utpal Pal

upal@umd.edu

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XY UP. Performed the experiments: XY ASC UP. Analyzed the data: XY ASC JA UP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA UP. Wrote the paper: XY UP.