About the Authors

Simon M. Firestone

simon.firestone@sydney.edu.au

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, New South Wales, Australia

Naomi Cogger

Affiliation The EpiCentre, Institute of Veterinary Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Michael P. Ward

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, New South Wales, Australia

Jenny-Ann L. M. L. Toribio

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, New South Wales, Australia

Barbara J. Moloney

Affiliation New South Wales Government Department of Primary Industries, Principal Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services, Orange, New South Wales, Australia

Navneet K. Dhand

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMF NC. Performed the experiments: SMF. Analyzed the data: SMF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMF BJM. Wrote the paper: SMF NC MPW JAT BJM NKD.