About the Authors

Nicholas B. D. Phelps

Affiliations Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1333 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55108, United States of America, Veterinary Population Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1365 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55108, United States of America

Sunil K. Mor

kumars@umn.edu

Affiliations Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1333 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55108, United States of America, Veterinary Population Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1365 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55108, United States of America

Aníbal G. Armién

Affiliations Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1333 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55108, United States of America, Veterinary Population Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1365 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55108, United States of America

Katharine M. Pelican

Affiliation Veterinary Population Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1365 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55108, United States of America

Sagar M. Goyal

Affiliations Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1333 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55108, United States of America, Veterinary Population Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1365 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55108, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NP SKM AGA KP SMG. Performed the experiments: NP SKM AGA. Analyzed the data: SKM AGA NP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NP SKM AGA KP SMG. Wrote the paper: SKM NP AGA SMG KP.