About the Authors

Gaetano Donofrio

gaetano.donofrio@unipr.it

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

Valentina Franceschi

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

Angela Lovero

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Antonio Capocefalo

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

Michele Camero

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Michele Losurdo

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Sandro Cavirani

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

Mariarosaria Marinaro

Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

Erika Grandolfo

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

Canio Buonavoglia

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Maria Tempesta

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GD CB MT. Performed the experiments: GD VF AL AC MC ML SC MM EG CB MT. Analyzed the data: GD. Wrote the paper: GD CB MT.