About the Authors
- Dominic Ritler
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Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
- Reto Rufener
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Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
- Heinz Sager
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Affiliation Elanco Animal Health, Basel, Switzerland
- Jacques Bouvier
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Affiliation Elanco Animal Health, Basel, Switzerland
- Andrew Hemphill
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Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
- Britta Lundström-Stadelmann
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* E-mail: Britta.lundstroem@vetsuisse.unibe.ch
Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
Competing Interests
Novartis Animal Health (St. Aubin, Switzerland) and Elanco (Basel, Switzerland) were funders of this study and had a role in the study design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, and were also involved in the preparation of the manuscript. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS policies on sharing data and materials."
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: BLS HS DR RR JB AH. Data curation: DR BLS RR. Formal analysis: DR BLS RR. Funding acquisition: BLS AH HS JB. Investigation: DR BLS RR AH. Methodology: BLS HS JB DR RR AH. Project administration: BLS HS AH. Resources: AH HS JB BLS. Software: DR BLS. Supervision: BLS AH HS JB. Validation: DR BLS AH. Visualization: DR BLS. Writing – original draft: BLS. Writing – review & editing: DR RR HS JB AH BLS.