Antibody activities in hyperimmune plasma against the Rhodococcus equi virulence -associated protein A or poly-N-acetyl glucosamine are associated with protection of foals against rhodococcal pneumonia

• Susanne K. Kahn,

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

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Colette Cywes-Bentley,

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

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Glenn P. Blodgett,

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

  Affiliation 6666 Ranch, Guthrie, TX, United States of America

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• Nathan M. Canaday,

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

  Affiliation 6666 Ranch, Guthrie, TX, United States of America

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• Carly E. Turner-Garcia,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lazy E Ranch, Guthrie, OK, United States of America

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• Mariana Vinacur,

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

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Sophia C. Cortez-Ramirez,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Patrick J. Sutter,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mg Biologics, Inc., Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Sarah C. Meyer,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mg Biologics, Inc., Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Angela I. Bordin,

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

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Daniel R. Vlock,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Alopexx Inc., Concord, MA, United States of America

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• Gerald B. Pier,

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

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9112-2331

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• Noah D. Cohen

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

  * E-mail: ncohen@cvm.tamu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0384-2903

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