About the Authors

Kang Ouyang

Affiliations College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China, Food Animal Health Research Program (FAHRP), OARDC, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Shireen A. Woodiga

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Varun Dwivedi

Affiliation Food Animal Health Research Program (FAHRP), OARDC, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Carolyn M. Buckwalter

Affiliations Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Anirudh K. Singh

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Basavaraj Binjawadagi

Affiliation Food Animal Health Research Program (FAHRP), OARDC, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Jagadish Hiremath

Affiliation Food Animal Health Research Program (FAHRP), OARDC, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Cordelia Manickam

Affiliation Food Animal Health Research Program (FAHRP), OARDC, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Rose Schleappi

Affiliation Food Animal Health Research Program (FAHRP), OARDC, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Mahesh Khatri

Affiliation Food Animal Health Research Program (FAHRP), OARDC, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Jianmin Wu

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China

Samantha J. King

gourapura.1@osu.edu (GJR); Samantha.King@nationwidechildrens.org (SJK)

Affiliations Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Gourapura J. Renukaradhya

gourapura.1@osu.edu (GJR); Samantha.King@nationwidechildrens.org (SJK)

Affiliation Food Animal Health Research Program (FAHRP), OARDC, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KO SAW SJK GJR. Performed the experiments: KO SAW VD CMB AKS BB JH CM RS JW GJR. Analyzed the data: KO SAW SJK GJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK. Wrote the paper: KO SAW SJK GJR.