About the Authors

Hao Ma

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

Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Fred M. Tatum

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Robert E. Briggs

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Rohana P. Dassanayake

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

Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Tasia M. Kendrick

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

Affiliations Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Eduardo Casas

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

eduardo.casas@usda.gov

Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.