About the Authors

Ifechukwude Obiamaka Okwechime

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Shamarial Roberson

Affiliation Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Agricola Odoi

aodoi@utk.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AO. Performed the experiments: IOO SR AO. Analyzed the data: IOO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR AO. Wrote the paper: IOO SR AO.