About the Authors

Sheng Chun Chang

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

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Maria Immaculata Arifin

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Waqas Tahir

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Canadian and WOAH Reference Laboratory for BSE, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Lethbridge, Canada

Keegan John McDonald

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Doris Zeng

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Hermann M. Schatzl

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Samia Hannaoui

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Sabine Gilch

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

sgilch@ucalgary.ca

Affiliations Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.