About the Authors

Anne R. Huss

Contributed equally to this work with: Anne R. Huss, Loni L. Schumacher, Roger A. Cochrane

Current address: BioMatrix International, Princeton, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Loni L. Schumacher

Contributed equally to this work with: Anne R. Huss, Loni L. Schumacher, Roger A. Cochrane

Current address: Department of Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Roger A. Cochrane

Contributed equally to this work with: Anne R. Huss, Loni L. Schumacher, Roger A. Cochrane

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Elizabeth Poulsen

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Jianfa Bai

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Jason C. Woodworth

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Steve S. Dritz

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Charles R. Stark

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Cassandra K. Jones

jonesc@ksu.edu

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ARH LLS RAC JCW SSD CRS CKJ. Data curation: ARH LLS. Formal analysis: ARH SSD CKJ. Funding acquisition: JCW SSD CRS CKJ. Investigation: ARH LLS RAC EP JB. Methodology: ARH EP JB JCW SSD CRS CKJ. Project administration: JCW SSD CRS CKJ. Resources: EP JB. Supervision: JB JCW SSD CRS CKJ. Validation: ARH EP JB JCW SSD CKJ. Visualization: RAC CKJ. Writing – original draft: ARH. Writing – review & editing: RAC CKJ.