About the Authors

Monica Di Venere

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Marco Fumagalli

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Alessandra Cafiso

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Leone De Marco

Affiliations Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, School of Bioscience and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Sara Epis

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Olivier Plantard

Affiliations INRA, UMR1300 Biologie, Epidémiologie et Analyse de Risque en santé animale, CS 40706, Nantes, France, LUNAM Université, Oniris, Ecole nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l’alimentation Nantes-Atlantique, UMR BioEpAR, Nantes, France

Anna Bardoni

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Roberta Salvini

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Simona Viglio

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Chiara Bazzocchi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Paolo Iadarola

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Davide Sassera

davide.sassera@unipv.it

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS AB RS PI. Performed the experiments: AC SE CB MDV MF SV. Analyzed the data: LDM MDV MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OP. Wrote the paper: MDV PI DS OP CB.