About the Authors

Courtney Boysen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Elizabeth G. Davis

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Laurie A. Beard

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Brian V. Lubbers

Affiliation Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Ram K. Raghavan

rkraghavan@vet.k-state.edu

Affiliation Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB RKR EGD LAB. Performed the experiments: CB RKR EGD. Analyzed the data: CB RKR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB RKR EGD LAB BVL. Wrote the paper: CB RKR EGD LAB.