About the Authors

Rebeca Huebner

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Robert Mugabi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Gabriella Hetesy

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Royal Veterinary College, Camden campus, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Lawrence Fox

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

Sarne De Vliegher

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation M-team and Mastitis and Milk Quality Research Unit, Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics, and Herd Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Anneleen De Visscher

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Technology and Food Science, Agricultural Engineering, Merelbeke, Belgium

Affiliation M-team and Mastitis and Milk Quality Research Unit, Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics, and Herd Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

John W. Barlow

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

john.barlow@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

George Sensabaugh

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

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.