About the Authors

Shimaa E. Ali

Affiliation Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway

Even Thoen

Affiliations Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Øystein Evensen

Affiliation Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Jannicke Wiik-Nielsen

Affiliation Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway

Amr A. A. Gamil

Affiliation Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Ida Skaar

ida.skaar@vetinst.no

Affiliation Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SEA IS OE. Performed the experiments: SEA ET JW. Analyzed the data: SEA ET OE JW AG IS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SEA IS OE. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SEA ET OE JW AG IS.