About the Authors

Gael Auray

Affiliations Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada

Marina R. Facci

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Jill van Kessel

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Rachelle Buchanan

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Lorne A. Babiuk

Affiliation University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Volker Gerdts

volker.gerdts@usask.ca

Affiliations Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GA VG. Performed the experiments: GA MF JvK RB. Analyzed the data: GA VG. Wrote the paper: GA VG LB.