About the Authors

Pranab J. Das

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

Fiona McCarthy

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Monika Vishnoi

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

Nandina Paria

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

Cathy Gresham

Affiliation Department of Computer Sciences and Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Gang Li

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

Priyanka Kachroo

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

A. Kendrick Sudderth

Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Sheila Teague

Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Charles C. Love

Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Dickson D. Varner

Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Bhanu P. Chowdhary

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

Terje Raudsepp

traudsepp@cvm.tamu.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TR PJD DDV BPC. Performed the experiments: PJD MV NP KAS. Analyzed the data: TR PJD FM PK CG NP MV GL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCL DDV KAS ST. Wrote the paper: TR PJD BPC FM DDV.