About the Authors
- Bettina Mavrommatis
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Current address: Division of Immunoregulation, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom
Affiliation The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom
- Victoria Offord
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Affiliation The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom
- Robert Patterson
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Affiliation The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom
- Mick Watson
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Affiliation ARK-Genomics, The Roslin Institute & R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Theo Kanellos
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Affiliation Zoetis Animal Health, Paris, France
- Falko Steinbach
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, United Kingdom
- Sylvia Grierson
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, United Kingdom
- Dirk Werling
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* E-mail: Dwerling@RVC.AC.UK
Affiliation The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Theo Kanellos is an employee of Zoetis Animal Health, Paris, whose company provided funding towards this study. Biobest Laboratories also provided funding for this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BM FS SG DW. Performed the experiments: BM RP. Analyzed the data: BM VO MW DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS TK. Wrote the paper: BM RP DW. Scientific discussion: TK.