About the Authors

Miriam Serrano

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Natalia Elguezabal

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Iker A. Sevilla

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

María V. Geijo

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Elena Molina

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Rakel Arrazuria

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Alfonso Urkitza

Affiliation Bovine Practitioner, Gernika, Bizkaia, Spain

Gareth J. Jones

Affiliation TB Immunology and Vaccinology, Department of Bacteriology, APHA, Surrey, United Kingdom

Martin Vordermeier

Affiliation TB Immunology and Vaccinology, Department of Bacteriology, APHA, Surrey, United Kingdom

Joseba M. Garrido

jgarrido@neiker.eus

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Ramón A. Juste

Affiliations NEIKER-Tecnalia, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain, SERIDA, Agri-food Research and Development Regional Service, Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JMG RJ. Data curation: IS MG EM RA NE MS JMG. Formal analysis: RJ JMG. Funding acquisition: JMG RJ. Investigation: MS NE IS MG EM RA AU JMG. Methodology: JMG RJ IS. Project administration: JMG RJ. Resources: GJ MV. Supervision: JMG RJ NE IS. Validation: JMG RJ NE IS. Visualization: MS NE IS RA JMG RJ MV GJ AU EM MG. Writing – original draft: MS. Writing – review & editing: MS NE IS JMG RJ.