About the Authors

Elena Blázquez

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations APC EUROPE, S.L.U. Pol. Ind. El Congost, Granollers, Spain, IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Carmen Rodríguez

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation APC EUROPE, S.L.U. Pol. Ind. El Congost, Granollers, Spain

Jesús Ródenas

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation APC EUROPE, S.L.U. Pol. Ind. El Congost, Granollers, Spain

Núria Navarro

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Cristina Riquelme

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Rosa Rosell

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació (DARP) Generalitat de Catalunya, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Joy Campbell

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation APC Inc, Ankeny, Iowa, United States of America

Joe Crenshaw

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation APC Inc, Ankeny, Iowa, United States of America

Joaquim Segalés

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain, UAB, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Joan Pujols

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Javier Polo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Javier.polo@apc-europe.com

Affiliations APC EUROPE, S.L.U. Pol. Ind. El Congost, Granollers, Spain, APC Inc, Ankeny, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

JPolo, EB, CR and JR are employed by APC Europe, S.A., Granollers, Spain., Joe Crenshaw and Joy Campbell are employed by APC Inc. companies that partly funded this study. APC Europe, S.A. and APC Inc. manufacture and sell spray dried plasma. Joan Pujols, Núria Navarro, Cristina Riquelme, Rosa Rosell and Joaquim Segalés declare no conflict of interest. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.