About the Authors
- Ji Eun Kim
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Current address: Avian Research Centre, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences and Interdepartmental Graduate Toxicology Program, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
- Brett R. Bunderson
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Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences and Interdepartmental Graduate Toxicology Program, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
- Amanda Croasdell
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Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences and Interdepartmental Graduate Toxicology Program, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
- Kent M. Reed
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Roger A. Coulombe Jr
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* E-mail: roger@usu.edu
Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences and Interdepartmental Graduate Toxicology Program, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors wish to declare that a patent application (#13471776) has been submitted to the United States Patent Office for a diagnostic kit for disease resistance in turkeys. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RC JK KR. Performed the experiments: JK BB AC KR RC. Analyzed the data: JK BB AC KR RC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC KR. Wrote the paper: JK BB KR RC.