About the Authors

Natalie Dow

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalie Dow, Adam Chernick

Current Address: Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Adam Chernick

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalie Dow, Adam Chernick

a.chernick@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Karin Orsel

Affiliations Department of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Guido van Marle

Affiliations Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Frank van der Meer

Affiliations Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ND KO GvM FvdM. Performed the experiments: ND AC FvdM. Analyzed the data: ND AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FvdM. Wrote the paper: ND AC KO GvM FvdM.