About the Authors

Jesse R. Angelo

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mara-Isel Guerrero-Zayas

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kimberly D. Tremblay

kdtrembl@vasci.umass.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KDT. Performed the experiments: KDT JRA MG. Analyzed the data: KDT JRA. Wrote the paper: KDT JRA MG.