About the Authors

R. Michele Anholt

rmanholt@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

John Berezowski

Affiliation Veterinary Public Health Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Carl S. Ribble

Affiliations Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Centre for Coastal Health, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Margaret L. Russell

Affiliation Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Craig Stephen

Affiliations Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Centre for Coastal Health, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMA JB CS. Performed the experiments: RMA. Analyzed the data: RMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMA JB CR MR CS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RMA JB CR MR CS.