About the Authors

Britta Stadelmann

Britta.stadelmann@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Reto Rufener

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Denise Aeschbacher

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Markus Spiliotis

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Bruno Gottstein

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Andrew Hemphill

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS RR DA MS BG AH. Performed the experiments: BS RR DA MS AH. Analyzed the data: BS RR DA AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS BG AH. Wrote the paper: BS RR DA MS BG AH.