About the Authors

Kara B. Marley

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Larry A. Kuehn

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Meat Animal Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America

John W. Keele

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Meat Animal Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America

Benjamin W. Wileman

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Michael G. Gonda

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Michael.Gonda@sdstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Competing Interests

BW was affiliated with Epitopix, Inc., which developed the vaccine used in this manuscript. This declared competing interest does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS One policies on sharing data and materials.