About the Authors

Andressa Ballem

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research, Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal, Veterinary Science Department, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, Farroupilha Federal Institute, Campus of São Vicente do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, São Vicente do Sul, Brazil, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Science, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, Centro de Investigação de Montanha, School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal

Soraia Gonçalves

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research, Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal

Isidro Garcia-Meniño

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Laboratorio de Referencia de E. coli, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Saskia C. Flament-Simon

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliations Laboratorio de Referencia de E. coli, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Jesús E. Blanco

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Laboratorio de Referencia de E. coli, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Conceição Fernandes

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centro de Investigação de Montanha, School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal

Maria José Saavedra

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Veterinary Science Department, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Science, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

Carlos Pinto

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Current address: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente, University of Azores, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal

Affiliation National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research, Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal

Hugo Oliveira

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

carina.almeida@iniav.pt (CA); hugooliveira@deb.uminho.pt (HO)

Affiliation Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

Jorge Blanco

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratorio de Referencia de E. coli, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Gonçalo Almeida

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research, Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal

Carina Almeida

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

carina.almeida@iniav.pt (CA); hugooliveira@deb.uminho.pt (HO)

Affiliation National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research, Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.