About the Authors

Elena Blázquez

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: APC EUROPE, S.L.U., Granollers, Spain; ReSA, IRTA-UAB, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Affiliations R&D Department, APC EUROPE, S.L.U., Granollers, Barcelona, Spain, IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Carmen Rodríguez

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation R&D Department, APC EUROPE, S.L.U., Granollers, Barcelona, Spain

Jesús Ródenas

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation R&D Department, APC EUROPE, S.L.U., Granollers, Barcelona, Spain

Rosa Rosell

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Current address: ReSA, IRTA-UAB, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Affiliations IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain, Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació (DARP) Generalitat de Catalunya, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain, OIE Collaborating Centre for the Research and Control of Emerging and Re-emerging Swine Diseases in Europe (IRTA-CReSA), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Joaquim Segalés

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

Current address: ReSA, IRTA-UAB, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Affiliations OIE Collaborating Centre for the Research and Control of Emerging and Re-emerging Swine Diseases in Europe (IRTA-CReSA), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain, Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain, UAB, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Joan Pujols

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain, OIE Collaborating Centre for the Research and Control of Emerging and Re-emerging Swine Diseases in Europe (IRTA-CReSA), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Javier Polo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

javier.polo@apc-europe.com

Current address: APC LLC, Ankeny, IA, United States of America

Affiliations R&D Department, APC EUROPE, S.L.U., Granollers, Barcelona, Spain, R&D Department, APC LLC, Ankeny, IA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: EB, CR, JR and J.Polo are employed by APC Europe, S.L.U. Granollers, Spain and J.Polo is also employed by APC LLC, Ankeny, IA, USA. APC Europe and APC LLC manufacture and sells spray-dried animal plasma; however, the companies did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. J. Pujols, RR and JS declared no conflict of interest.