About the Authors

Ramin Bagheri Nejad

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Department of Bacterial Vaccines, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Karaj, Iran

Rosina C. Krecek

Affiliations Independent Scholar, Texas, United States of America, University of Johannesburg, Department of Zoology, Auckland Park, South Africa

Omar H. Khalaf

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, Texas, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathology & Poultry Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

Nabil Hailat

Affiliation Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

Angela M. Arenas-Gamboa

AArenas@cvm.tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.