About the Authors

Giuseppe Spinella

giuseppe.spinella@unibo.it

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy

Domenico Britti

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Germaneto (CZ), Italy

Giovanni Loprete

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Germaneto (CZ), Italy

Vincenzo Musella

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Germaneto (CZ), Italy

Noemi Romagnoli

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy

Jose M. Vilar

Affiliation Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Trasmontaña S/N, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain

Simona Valentini

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV GS JMV. Performed the experiments: SV GS. Analyzed the data: DB GL VM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB NR. Wrote the paper: SV GS GL.