About the Authors

Angela I. Bordin

Affiliation Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Suresh D. Pillai

Affiliation National Center for Electron Beam Research and Departments of Poultry Science and Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Courtney Brake

Affiliation Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Kaytee B. Bagley

Affiliation Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jessica R. Bourquin

Affiliation Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Michelle Coleman

Affiliation Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Fabiano N. Oliveira

Affiliation Antech Diagnostics, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Waithaka Mwangi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

David N. McMurray

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Charles C. Love

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

Maria Julia B. Felippe

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Noah D. Cohen

ncohen@cvm.tamu.edu

Affiliation Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

AIB's salary was supported by a fellowship from Fort Dodge Animal Health/Pfizer Animal Health (now Zoetis). The Morris Animal Foundation and Link Equine Research Endowment sponsored this study, and additional support provided by an unrestricted gift from Boerhinger-Ingelheim. None of the agencies or companies listed above had any role or influence in the data collection, data analysis, interpretation of results, or conclusions reported in this manuscript; none of these companies have reviewed the manuscript. Moreover, none of the authors were employed in any way (including consultancy) by any of the companies listed above. The authors declare no affiliation to products, patents, etc. related to this work with any company, including those listed above. This support does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. FNO is employed by Antech Diagnostics; however, FNO was not paid for his services and provided assistance outside of his work at Antech Diagnostics. Relevant to this work, FNO has no competing interests relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development, etc. The authors declare no other competing financial interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AIB WM DNM CCL SDP MJBF NDC. Performed the experiments: AIB CB KBB JRB MC NDC. Analyzed the data: AIB FNO MJBF NDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AIB CCL MJBF NDC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AIB SDP CB MC FNO WM DNM CCL MJBF NDC.