About the Authors
- Mirjam T. W. van der Sluijs
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* E-mail: mirjam.vandersluijs@merck.com
Affiliation Research and Development, MSD Animal Health, Boxmeer, The Netherlands
- Dianne P. H. Schroer-Joosten
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Affiliation Research and Development, MSD Animal Health, Boxmeer, The Netherlands
- Aicha Fid-Fourkour
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Affiliation Research and Development, MSD Animal Health, Boxmeer, The Netherlands
- Mieke P. Vrijenhoek
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Affiliation Animal Services and Pathology, MSD Animal Health, Boxmeer, The Netherlands
- Isolde Debyser
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Affiliation CoVeToP, Consultancy in Veterinary and Toxicological Pathology, Enghien, Belgium
- Véronique Moulin
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Affiliation Research and Development, MSD Animal Health, Boxmeer, The Netherlands
- Rob J. M. Moormann
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Affiliations Central Veterinary Institute, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research centre, Lelystad, The Netherlands, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Abraham J. de Smit
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Affiliation Research and Development, MSD Animal Health, Boxmeer, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
This study was funded by MSDAH. M.T.W. van der Sluijs, D.P.H Schroer-Joosten, A. Fid-Fourkour, M.P. Vrijenhoek, V. Moulin and A.J. de Smit are employed Intervet International B.V., which is part of Merck. I. Debeyser is employed by CoVeToP, (Consultancy in Veterinary and Toxicological Pathology). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MS RM VM AS. Performed the experiments: MS DS AF MV ID. Analyzed the data: MS MV ID RM AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VM. Wrote the paper: MS RM AS.