About the Authors
- Dion Lepp
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Contributed equally to this work with: Dion Lepp, Bryan Roxas
Affiliations Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Guelph Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Bryan Roxas
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Contributed equally to this work with: Dion Lepp, Bryan Roxas
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Valeria R. Parreira
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Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Pradeep R. Marri
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Affiliation BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Everett L. Rosey
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Affiliation Veterinary Medicine Research and Development, Pfizer Animal Health, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
- Joshua Gong
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Affiliation Guelph Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- J. Glenn Songer
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Gayatri Vedantam
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Affiliations Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- John F. Prescott
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* E-mail: prescott@uoguelph.ca
Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
One of the several funders (Pfizer; E. L. Rosey) had a role in the study design, and in the decision to publish. The authors do not believe that this competing interest affects the objectivity, analyses, interpretations or validity of the study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Performed the experiments: DL BR VRP PRM. Analyzed the data: DL BR VRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG JGS JFP. Wrote the paper: DL BR VRP JGS GV JFP. Conceived the research: JFP DL ELR JG JGS. Designed the experiments: DL BR VRP.