About the Authors

Ryan C. Curtis

Ryan.Curtis@okstate.edu

Current address: Animal Resources, 101 McElroy Hall Annex, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America

Affiliation Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology Department, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

James T. Custis

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Nicole P. Ehrhart

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

E. J. Ehrhart

Affiliation Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology Department, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Keith W. Condon

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Sara E. Gookin

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Seth W. Donahue

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD NE JC. Performed the experiments: RC JC SG. Analyzed the data: RC SD KC SG EE JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD NE EE KC. Wrote the paper: RC SD JC.