About the Authors

Edem Fiatsonu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Rachel E. Busselman

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Gabriel L. Hamer

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Sarah A. Hamer

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Martial L. Ndeffo-Mbah

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

m.ndeffo@tamu.edu

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.