About the Authors

Giulia Tebaldi

Contributed equally to this work with: Giulia Tebaldi, Laura B. Williams

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Laura B. Williams

Contributed equally to this work with: Giulia Tebaldi, Laura B. Williams

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture and Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

Andrea E. Verna

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Francesca Macchi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Valentina Franceschi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Lindsay M. Fry

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture and Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

Donald P. Knowles

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

gaetano.donofrio@unipr.it (GD); Don.Knowles@ARS.USDA.GOV (DPK)

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture and Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

Gaetano Donofrio

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gaetano.donofrio@unipr.it (GD); Don.Knowles@ARS.USDA.GOV (DPK)

Affiliations Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.