About the Authors

Soo Jin Jeon

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mauricio Elzo

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Nicolas DiLorenzo

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, North Florida Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Marianna, Florida, United States of America

G. Cliff Lamb

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, North Florida Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Marianna, Florida, United States of America

Kwang Cheol Jeong

kcjeong@ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJJ MAE ND KCJ. Performed the experiments: SJJ KCJ. Analyzed the data: SJJ MAE KCJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAE ND GCL. Wrote the paper: SJJ MAE LD GCL KCJ.