About the Authors

Anil Poudel

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Theodore H. Elsasser

Affiliation Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Kh. Shamsur Rahman

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Erfan U. Chowdhury

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Bernhard Kaltenboeck

kaltebe@auburn.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP BK. Performed the experiments: AP THE KSR EUC. Analyzed the data: AP BK. Wrote the paper: AP BK.