About the Authors

Anisuzzaman

Affiliations Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

M. Khyrul Islam

Affiliations National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan, Animal Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Primary Industries, Attwood, Victoria, Australia

M. Abdul Alim

Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

Takeharu Miyoshi

Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

Takeshi Hatta

Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

Kayoko Yamaji

Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

Yasunobu Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kozo Fujisaki

Affiliations National Research Centre for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan, School of Frontier Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Naotoshi Tsuji

tsujin@affrc.go.jp

Affiliations Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A KF NT. Performed the experiments: A MKI MAA TM TH KY NT. Analyzed the data: MAA TM TH KY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A MAA TM TH KY. Wrote the paper: A MKI YM KF NT.