About the Authors

Sarah M. Rosanowski

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

sarah.rosanowski@cityu.edu.hk

Affiliations Centre for Applied One Health Research and Policy Advice, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Epicentre, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Tim E. Carpenter

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America.

Affiliation Epicentre, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

David Adamson

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Centre for Global Food and Resources, Faculty of the Professions, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Epidemiology and Population Health, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Chris W. Rogers

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Equine Research Centre, Animal Production and Health Group, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Patricia Pearce

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation New Zealand Equine Health Association, Wellington, New Zealand

Martin Burns

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation New Zealand Equine Health Association, Wellington, New Zealand

Naomi Cogger

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Epicentre, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

TEC, NC were employed by Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. SMR was employed by Massey University and City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, during this project. DA was employed by The University of Adelaide and he is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool. PP and MB were members of the New Zealand Equine Health Association. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ’author contributions’ section. None of the authors declare a competing interest in relation to these funding sources. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.