About the Authors

Qian Liu

Affiliation Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Jacquelyn A. Stone

Affiliation Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Birgit Bradel-Tretheway

Affiliation Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Jeffrey Dabundo

Affiliation Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Javier A. Benavides Montano

Affiliations Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Departamento Ciencia Animal, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Palmira Valle, Colombia

Jennifer Santos-Montanez

Affiliation Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Scott B. Biering

Affiliation Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Anthony V. Nicola

Affiliations Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Ronald M. Iorio

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems and Program in Immunology and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xiaonan Lu

Affiliation Food, Nutrition, and Health Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Hector C. Aguilar

haguilar@vetmed.wsu.edu

Affiliations Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QL JAS BBT XL HCA. Performed the experiments: QL JAS BBT JD JABM JSM SBB XL HCA. Analyzed the data: QL JAS BBT XL HCA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL HCA. Wrote the paper: QL JAS BBT AVN RMI HCA.