About the Authors

Eric Cassmann

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Robin White

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Todd Atherly

Affiliation USDA-ARS, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Chong Wang

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Yaxuan Sun

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Samir Khoda

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Curtis Mosher

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Development & Cell Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Mark Ackermann

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

Albert Jergens

ajergens@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJ EC TA CM. Performed the experiments: AJ EC RW TA SK CM MA. Analyzed the data: AJ CW YS MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJ TA CM MA CW YS. Wrote the paper: AJ MA CM TA.