About the Authors

Nicolle Lima Barbieri

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1802 University Blvd; VMRI #5 Ames, IA, United States of America

Daniel W. Nielsen

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1802 University Blvd; VMRI #5 Ames, IA, United States of America

Yvonne Wannemuehler

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1802 University Blvd; VMRI #5 Ames, IA, United States of America

Tia Cavender

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1802 University Blvd; VMRI #5 Ames, IA, United States of America

Ashraf Hussein

Affiliation Department of Avian and Rabbit Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Shi-gan Yan

Affiliation School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology, Changqing District, Jinan, Shandong Province, P. R. China

Lisa K. Nolan

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1802 University Blvd; VMRI #5 Ames, IA, United States of America

Catherine M. Logue

cmlogue@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1802 University Blvd; VMRI #5 Ames, IA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CML NLB LKN DWN. Data curation: CML NLB DWN. Formal analysis: CML NLB DWN. Funding acquisition: CML. Investigation: CML NLB DWN TC AH SY YW. Methodology: CML NLB YW TC DWN. Project administration: CML NLB. Resources: CML LKN SY AH. Supervision: CML NLB. Validation: CML NLB DWN TC. Visualization: NLB DWN. Writing – original draft: CML NLB DWN. Writing – review & editing: CML NLB DWN YW TC AH SY LKN.