About the Authors

Holly B. Ernest

hernest@uwyo.edu

Current address: Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Affiliations Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Wildlife and Ecology Unit, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

T. Winston Vickers

Affiliation Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Scott A. Morrison

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Michael R. Buchalski

Affiliations Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Wildlife and Ecology Unit, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Walter M. Boyce

Affiliation Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HBE TWV WMB. Performed the experiments: HBE TWV MRB WMB. Analyzed the data: HBE TWV MRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HBE TWV SAM WMB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HBE TWV SAM MRB WMB.