About the Authors
- Michael P. Heaton
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* E-mail: mike.heaton@ars.usda.gov
Affiliation U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Michael L. Clawson
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Affiliation U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Carol G. Chitko-Mckown
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Affiliation U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Kreg A. Leymaster
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Affiliation U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Timothy P. L. Smith
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Affiliation U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Gregory P. Harhay
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Affiliation U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Stephen N. White
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Affiliation Animal Disease Research Unit, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Lynn M. Herrmann-Hoesing
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Affiliation Animal Disease Research Unit, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Michelle R. Mousel
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Affiliation U.S. Sheep Experiment Station, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Dubois, Idaho, United States of America
- Gregory S. Lewis
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Affiliation U.S. Sheep Experiment Station, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Dubois, Idaho, United States of America
- Theodore S. Kalbfleisch
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- James E. Keen
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Affiliation Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center, University of Nebraska, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- William W. Laegreid
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Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MPH MLC CGC-M KAL TPLS SNW LMH-H MRM JEK WWL. Performed the experiments: MPH MLC CGC-M KAL TPLS SNW LMH-H MRM JEK WWL. Analyzed the data: MPH MLC CGC-M KAL TPLS SNW LMH-H MRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPH MLC CGC-M KAL TPLS GPH GSL SNW LMH-H MRM TSK JEK WWL. Wrote the paper: MPH MLC CGC-M KAL TPLS GPH SNW LMH-H MRM GSL TSK JEK WWL.