About the Authors

Caroline M. Piskun

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Anantharaman Muthuswamy

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Michael K. Huelsmeyer

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Victoria Thompson

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Timothy J. Stein

tjstein@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMP MH TJS. Performed the experiments: CMP AM MH VT TJS. Analyzed the data: CMP MH TJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMP MH VT TJS. Wrote the paper: CMP AM MH TJS.