About the Authors

Joanne M. Tennant

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

Affiliation Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Manci Li

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Davin M. Henderson

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

Affiliation Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Margaret L. Tyer

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Nathaniel D. Denkers

Roles Resources

Affiliation Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Nicholas J. Haley

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Midwestern University, College of Graduate Studies, Glendale, AZ, United States of America

Candace K. Mathiason

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Edward A. Hoover

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

edward.hoover@colostate.edu

Affiliation Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Competing Interests

The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, provided the indoor-adapted, hand-raised deer for some of these studies, funded by the NIH grants. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.