About the Authors
- Bettina Wagner
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* E-mail: bw73@cornell.edu
Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
- Gillian Perkins
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
- Susanna Babasyan
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Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
- Heather Freer
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Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
- Alison Keggan
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Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
- Laura B. Goodman
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Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
- Amy Glaser
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Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
- Sigurbjorg Torsteinsdóttir
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Affiliation Institute for Experimental Pathology, Keldur, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Vilhjálmur Svansson
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Affiliation Institute for Experimental Pathology, Keldur, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Sigríður Björnsdóttir
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Affiliation Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority, MAST, Office of Animal Health and Welfare, Selfoss, Iceland
Competing Interests
BW and GP submitted a patent application entitled ‘Stimulation of Neonatal Immunity’. The other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. The competing interest statement does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: BW GP. Data curation: BW. Formal analysis: BW. Funding acquisition: BW GP. Investigation: BW GP AK LBG S. Babasyan HF AG. Methodology: BW. Project administration: BW GP ST VS S. Björnsdóttir. Resources: BW. Supervision: BW. Validation: BW. Visualization: BW. Writing – original draft: BW. Writing – review & editing: BW GP S. Babasyan HF AK LBG AG ST VS S. Björnsdóttir.