About the Authors

Siyeon Rhee

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mara-Isel Guerrero-Zayas

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mary C. Wallingford

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pablo Ortiz-Pineda

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jesse Mager

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kimberly D. Tremblay

kdtrembl@vasci.umass.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR MCW JM KDT. Performed the experiments: SR MG PO. Analyzed the data: SR JM KDT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR MCW JM KDT. Wrote the paper: SR JM KDT.