About the Authors

Lee Major

Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

May La Linn

Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Robert W. Slade

Affiliation Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Wayne A. Schroder

Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Alex D. Hyatt

Affiliation CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Joy Gardner

Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Jeff Cowley

Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Andreas Suhrbier

andreasS@qimr.edu.au.

Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM AS. Performed the experiments: LM MLL WAS ADH JG JAC. Analyzed the data: LM RS ADH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLL RS WAS JAC AS. Wrote the paper: AS.