About the Authors
- Rahel Kasonta
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Affiliation Division of Veterinary Medicine, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
- Mark Holsteg
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Affiliation Landwirtschaftskammer Nordrhein-Westfalen, Referat 34 Tiergesundheit, Bonn, Germany
- Karin Duchow
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Affiliation Division of Veterinary Medicine, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
- James W. Dekker
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Affiliation Fonterra Research and Development Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Klaus Cussler
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Affiliation Division of Veterinary Medicine, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
- Justin G. Bendall
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Affiliation Fonterra Research and Development Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Max Bastian
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* E-mail: basma@pei.de
Affiliation Division of Veterinary Medicine, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
Competing Interests
JD and JB are employees of the FONTERRA Research and Development Center. The center belongs to FONTERRA ltd., the dairy company that manufactures and produces colostrum powder for human consumption. All other authors have no competing interests. RK, KD, KC and MB are employed by the independent governmental German Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RK MH JD JB MB. Performed the experiments: RK MB. Analyzed the data: RK MH JD JB MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH JD JB. Wrote the paper: RK KD KC JB MB.