About the Authors

Patrick J. Kelly

Affiliation Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies

Chuanling Xu

Affiliation Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

Helene Lucas

Affiliation Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies

Amanda Loftis

Affiliation Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies

Jamie Abete

Affiliation Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies

Frank Zeoli

Affiliation Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies

Audrey Stevens

Affiliation Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies

Kirsten Jaegersen

Affiliation Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies

Kate Ackerson

Affiliation Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies

April Gessner

Affiliation Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies

Bernhard Kaltenboeck

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

Chengming Wang

wangcm@yzu.edu.cn

Affiliation Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CW PK. Performed the experiments: CX HL JA FZ AS KJ KA AG AL CW. Analyzed the data: CW PK AL BK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BK. Wrote the paper: CW PK.