About the Authors

Erica Spackman

Erica.Spackman@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Disease Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, US National Poultry Research Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Athens, GA, United States of America

Carol Cardona

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States of America

Jeannette Muñoz-Aguayo

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States of America

Susan Fleming

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ES CC. Data curation: ES SF JM. Investigation: ES CC SF JM. Methodology: ES CC SF JM. Resources: ES CC SF JM. Writing – original draft: ES. Writing – review & editing: ES CC SF JM.