About the Authors

Ana Monteiro Ferreira

Affiliations Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM), Universidade de Évora, 7006–554 Évora, Portugal, Plant Cell Biotechnology Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-UNL), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780–157 Oeiras, Portugal

Andreia Tomás Marques

Current address: Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di 20122, Milano, Italy

Affiliation Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, 1300–344 Lisboa, Portugal

Mangesh Bhide

Affiliation Laboratory of Biomedical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Veterinary and Pharmacy, 04181 Kosice, Slovakia

Vlatka Cubric-Curik

Affiliation University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Kristin Hollung

Affiliation NOFIMA, Norwegian Food Research Institute, N 1430 Aas, Norway

Christopher Harold Knight

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark

Katrine Raundrup

Affiliation Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland

John Lippolis

Affiliation National Animal Disease Center, Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, USDA, Ames, IA, 50010, United States of America

Mitchell Palmer

Affiliation National Animal Disease Center, Bacterial Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, USDA, Ames, IA, 50010, United States of America

Elvira Sales-Baptista

Affiliations Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM), Universidade de Évora, 7006–554 Évora, Portugal, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade de Évora, 7002–554 Évora, Portugal

Susana Sousa Araújo

Current address: Plant Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'L. Spallanzani', 27100 Pavia, Italy

Affiliations Plant Cell Biotechnology Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-UNL), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780–157 Oeiras, Portugal, Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, 1300–344 Lisboa, Portugal

André Martinho de Almeida

adealmeida@rossvet.edu.kn

Current address: Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, PO 334 Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies

Affiliations Plant Cell Biotechnology Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-UNL), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780–157 Oeiras, Portugal, Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, 1300–344 Lisboa, Portugal, CIISA—Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação em Sanidade Animal, 1300–477 Lisboa, Portugal, IBET-Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, 2780–157 Oeiras, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMF ESB SSA AMA. Performed the experiments: AMF ATM SSA. Analyzed the data: AMF ATM MB VC KH CK KR JL MP ESB SSA AMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMF MB VC KH CK KR JL MP ESB SSA AMA. Wrote the paper: AMF ATM MB VC KH CK KR JL MP ESB SSA AMA.