About the Authors

Shahpal Shujat

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

Affiliations Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Wasim Shehzad

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Aftab Ahmad Anjum

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Julia A. Hertl

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Muhammad Yasir Zahoor

Roles Supervision

yasir.zahoor@uvas.edu.pk

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Yrjö T. Gröhn

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exists.