About the Authors

Laurel J. Gershwin

ljgershwin@ucdavis.edu

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

Alison L. Van Eenennaam

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

Mark L. Anderson

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

Heather A. McEligot

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

Matt X. Shao

† Deceased.

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

Rachel Toaff-Rosenstein

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

Jeremy F. Taylor

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 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

James Womack

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, 77843–4467, United States of America

Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex Coordinated Agricultural Project Research Team

Complete membership of the author group is listed in Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HLN ALV LJG JW. Performed the experiments: ALV LJG RT-R MXS HAM. Analyzed the data: JFT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJG. Wrote the paper: LJG JFT ALV MLA RT-R. Performed necropsy and analyzed the gross and histological lesions: MLA.