About the Authors

Kei Hayashi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Okayama University of Science, Ikoinooka, Imabari, Japan, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan

Rinako Sugisawa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan

Taizo Saito

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan

Toshiyasu Matsui

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari, Japan

Yuji Taniguchi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan

Tatiana Batanova

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan

Tokuma Yanai

Roles Investigation

Affiliations The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan, Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan

Jun Matsumoto

Roles Resources

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Zoology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kameino, Fujisawa, Japan

Katsuya Kitoh

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan

Yasuhiro Takashima

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

atakashi@gifu-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan, Center for Highly Advanced Integration of Nano and Life Sciences, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.