About the Authors

Victoriya V. Volkova

vv87@cornell.edu

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

Cristina Lanzas

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Zhao Lu

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

Yrjö Tapio Gröhn

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 exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL YTG. Wrote the paper: VVV. Partook in model development: VVV CL ZL YTG. Supported VVV in model implementation: ZL. Worked on model parameterization, collated the treatment scenarios, and solved the models: VVV. Helped edit the manuscript: CL ZL YTG. Read and approved the final version of the manuscript: VVV CL ZL YTG.