About the Authors

Nadine Ravinet

ravinet.nadine@wanadoo.fr

Affiliations IDELE, French Livestock Institute, UMT Cattle Herd Health Management, Nantes, France, LUNAM Université, Oniris, Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine and Food sciences and Engineering, UMR BioEpAR, Nantes, France, INRA, UMR1300 Biology, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in animal health, Nantes, France

Christophe Chartier

Affiliations LUNAM Université, Oniris, Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine and Food sciences and Engineering, UMR BioEpAR, Nantes, France, INRA, UMR1300 Biology, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in animal health, Nantes, France

Nathalie Bareille

Affiliations LUNAM Université, Oniris, Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine and Food sciences and Engineering, UMR BioEpAR, Nantes, France, INRA, UMR1300 Biology, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in animal health, Nantes, France

Anne Lehebel

Affiliations INRA, UMR1300 Biology, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in animal health, Nantes, France, LUNAM Université, Oniris, Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine and Food sciences and Engineering, UMR BioEpAR, Nantes, France

Adeline Ponnau

Affiliation LUNAM Université, Oniris, Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine and Food sciences and Engineering, UMR BioEpAR, Nantes, France

Nadine Brisseau

Affiliations LUNAM Université, Oniris, Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine and Food sciences and Engineering, UMR BioEpAR, Nantes, France, INRA, UMR1300 Biology, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in animal health, Nantes, France

Alain Chauvin

Affiliations LUNAM Université, Oniris, Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine and Food sciences and Engineering, UMR BioEpAR, Nantes, France, INRA, UMR1300 Biology, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in animal health, Nantes, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NR CC N. Bareille AC. Performed the experiments: NR CC N. Brisseau AP AC. Analyzed the data: NR AL N. Brisseau. Wrote the paper: NR AC CC N. Bareille.