About the Authors

Kevin D. Niedringhaus

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

Nicole M. Nemeth

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicole M. Nemeth, Mark G. Ruder

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

Samantha Gibbs

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge System, Chiefland, FL, United States of America

Jared Zimmerman

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Lisa Shender

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Kate Slankard

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, KY, United States of America

Heather Fenton

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: School of Veterinary Medicine, Ross University, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

Bahnson Charlie

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: North Dakota Game and Fish Department, Bismarck, ND, United States of America

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

Martha Frances Dalton

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Mississippi Veterinary and Research Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Pearl, MI, United States of America

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

Elizabeth J. Elsmo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

Robert Poppenga

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratories, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

Brian Millsap

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Migratory Bird Management, Albuquerque, New MX, United States of America

Mark G. Ruder

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicole M. Nemeth, Mark G. Ruder

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

mgruder@uga.edu

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.