About the Authors
- Patrick J. Biggs
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* E-mail: p.biggs@massey.ac.nz
Affiliation Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Paul Fearnhead
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Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
- Grant Hotter
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Affiliation Animal Health Section, AgResearch, Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Vathsala Mohan
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Affiliation Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Julie Collins-Emerson
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Affiliation Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Errol Kwan
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Affiliation Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Thomas E. Besser
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Adrian Cookson
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Affiliation Rumen Microbiology, Animal Nutrition & Health Capability Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Philip E. Carter
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Affiliation Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand
- Nigel P. French
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Affiliation Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GH NPF. Performed the experiments: VM JCE ESK. Analyzed the data: PF PJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCE PF PJB. Wrote the paper: PJB NPF TEB PF PEC AC. Bioinformatics and genomic analyses: PJB. Developed statistical tools: PF. Data interpretation: TEB.