About the Authors

Maurizio Mazzei

Contributed equally to this work with: Maurizio Mazzei, Maria Luisa Carrozza

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Maria Luisa Carrozza

Contributed equally to this work with: Maurizio Mazzei, Maria Luisa Carrozza

Affiliation Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy

Elena Luisi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Mario Forzan

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Matteo Giusti

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Simona Sagona

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Francesco Tolari

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Antonio Felicioli

Antonio.felicioli@unipi.it

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM MLC FT AF. Performed the experiments: MM MLC EL MF MG SS. Analyzed the data: MM MLC MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG FT AF. Wrote the paper: MM MLC AF.