About the Authors

Jennifer M. Madsen

Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Nickolas G. Zimmermann

Affiliation Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Jennifer Timmons

Affiliation Lower Eastern Shore Research and Education Center, University of Maryland Extension, Salisbury, Maryland, United States of America,

Nathaniel L. Tablante

nlt@umd.edu

Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMM NLT NGZ JT. Performed the experiments: JMM NLT. Analyzed the data: JMM NLT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMM NLT. Wrote the paper: JMM.