About the Authors

Lakshmi T. Sunkara

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Mallika Achanta

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Nicole B. Schreiber

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Yugendar R. Bommineni

Current address: Virology and Serology Section, Veterinary Diagnostic Services, New Mexico State Department of Agriculture, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Gan Dai

Current address: Department of Microbiology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Weiyu Jiang

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Susan Lamont

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Hyun S. Lillehoj

Affiliation Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Ali Beker

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Robert G. Teeter

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Guolong Zhang

zguolon@okstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LTS GZ. Performed the experiments: LTS MA NBS YRB GD WJ GZ. Analyzed the data: LTS WJ GZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL HSL AB RGT. Wrote the paper: LTS NBS SL HSL GZ.