About the Authors

Bettina Wagner

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

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Susanna Babasyan

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Heather Freer

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Alison Keggan

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Laura B. Goodman

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Amy Glaser

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Sigurbjorg Torsteinsdóttir

Affiliation Institute for Experimental Pathology, Keldur, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Vilhjálmur Svansson

Affiliation Institute for Experimental Pathology, Keldur, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Sigríður Björnsdóttir

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.