About the Authors

Alejandro Larios Mora

alarios@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Laurent Detalle

Affiliation Ablynx NV, Zwijnaarde, Belgium

Albert Van Geelen

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Michael S. Davis

Affiliation Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Thomas Stohr

Affiliation Ablynx NV, Zwijnaarde, Belgium

Jack M. Gallup

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Mark R. Ackermann

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

L.D. is a current employee of Ablynx and owns stock/stock options of Ablynx. T.S. was an employee of Ablynx at the time of data generation. A.L.M., A.V.G., M.S.D., J.M.G., and M.R.A. undertook this work as part of a research contract with Ablynx. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALM MRA JMG LD TS. Performed the experiments: ALM MRA JMG AVG. Analyzed the data: ALM MRA JMG AVG LD TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSD. Wrote the paper: ALM MRA JMG LD TS.