About the Authors

Valentina Donati

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy

Fabiola Feltrin

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy

Rene S. Hendriksen

Affiliation Technical University of Denmark, National Food Institute (DTU-Food), Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Christina Aaby Svendsen

Affiliation Technical University of Denmark, National Food Institute (DTU-Food), Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Gessica Cordaro

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy

Aurora García-Fernández

Affiliation Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Rome, Italy

Serena Lorenzetti

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy

Raniero Lorenzetti

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy

Antonio Battisti

antonio.battisti@izslt.it

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy

Alessia Franco

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF AB RSH FF AGF. Performed the experiments: VD SL FF GC RL CAS . Analyzed the data: VD FF AF AB RL RSH CAS AGF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB AF RSH. Wrote the paper: AF AB RSH AGF.