About the Authors

Lieze Oscar Rouffaer

Lieze.Rouffaer@UGent.be

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Luc Lens

Affiliation Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Roel Haesendonck

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Aimeric Teyssier

Affiliation Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Noraine Salleh Hudin

Affiliations Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science & Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Perak, Malaysia

Diederik Strubbe

Affiliation Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Freddy Haesebrouck

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Frank Pasmans

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

An Martel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LOR LL RH FP AM. Performed the experiments: LOR RH AT NSH. Analyzed the data: LOR LL RH DS FP AM. Wrote the paper: LOR LL RH AT NSH DS FH FP AM.