About the Authors

Fernanda C. Dórea

dorea.meyer@gmail.com

Current address: Swedish Zoonosis Centre, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden

Affiliation Department of Health Management, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Beverly J. McEwen

Affiliation Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

W. Bruce McNab

Affiliation Animal Health and Welfare Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Javier Sanchez

Affiliation Department of Health Management, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Crawford W. Revie

Affiliation Department of Health Management, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CR JS FCD BJM WBM. Performed the experiments: CR JS FCD. Analyzed the data: CR JS FCD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CR JS. Wrote the paper: FCD. Provided the data: BJM WBM. Provided domain-specific knowledge and data knowledge input into the article: BJM WBM.