About the Authors

Joseph E. Rubin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

joe.rubin@usask.ca

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Florence Huby

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Roshan P. Madalagama

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, Division of Bacteriology, Veterinary Research Institute, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Shyamali de Alwis

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Veterinary Research Institute, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Melinda Wyshynski

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Rasika Jinadasa

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.