About the Authors

Rebecca L. Tallmadge

Affiliation Equine Immunology Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Steven C. Miller

Affiliation Equine Immunology Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Stephen A. Parry

Affiliation Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Maria Julia B. Felippe

mbf6@cornell.edu

Affiliation Equine Immunology Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RLT MJBF. Data curation: RLT. Formal analysis: SAP. Funding acquisition: RLT MJBF. Investigation: RLT SCM MJBF. Methodology: RLT MJBF. Project administration: MJBF. Resources: MJBF. Supervision: MJBF. Validation: RLT MJBF. Visualization: RLT MJBF. Writing – original draft: RLT MJBF. Writing – review & editing: RLT SCM SAP MJBF.