About the Authors

Jilei Zhang

Affiliation Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

Liang Wang

Affiliation Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

Jing Li

Affiliation Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

Patrick Kelly

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, Saint Kitts & Nevis, West Indies

Stuart Price

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Chengming Wang

wangche@auburn.edu

Affiliations Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CW JZ SP. Data curation: JL LW JZ. Formal analysis: JL LW JZ. Funding acquisition: CW. Investigation: JL LW JZ. Methodology: CW PK. Project administration: CW. Resources: JZ CW. Software: JZ SP CW. Supervision: CW PK. Validation: PK SP. Visualization: CW JL JZ. Writing – original draft: CW PK JZ. Writing – review & editing: CW PK JZ JL SP.