About the Authors

Tamiru N. Alkie

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Khaled Taha-Abdelaziz

Affiliations Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Pathology Department, Beni-Suef University, Al Shamlah, Beni-Suef, Egypt

Neda Barjesteh

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Jegarubee Bavananthasivam

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Douglas C. Hodgins

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Shayan Sharif

shayan@uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TNA SS. Formal analysis: TNA DCH. Investigation: TNA KTA NB JB. Writing – original draft: TNA. Writing – review & editing: TNA KTA NB JB DCH SS.