About the Authors

Polyana C. Tizioto

Contributed equally to this work with: Polyana C. Tizioto, JaeWoo Kim

Affiliations Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

JaeWoo Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Polyana C. Tizioto, JaeWoo Kim

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Christopher M. Seabury

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

Robert D. Schnabel

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Laurel J. Gershwin

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Alison L. Van Eenennaam

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Rachel Toaff-Rosenstein

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Holly L. Neibergs

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex Coordinated Agricultural Project Research Team

Membership of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex Coordinated Agricultural Project Research Team can be found in the Acknowledgments.

Jeremy F. Taylor

taylorjerr@missouri.edu

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJG ALVE RTR JFT JWK. Performed the experiments: LJG ALVE RTR HLN JWK. Analyzed the data: PCT RDS JWK CMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJG ALVE HLN. Wrote the paper: PCT JFT.