About the Authors

Ashley E. Kates

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

akates@medicine.wisc.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, William S. Middleton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Mary Jo Knobloch

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, William S. Middleton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ali Konkel

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Qualitative Health Research Consultants, LLC, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Amanda Young

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Andrew Steinberger

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

John Shutske

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Systems Engineering, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Pamela L. Ruegg

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Ajay K. Sethi

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Tony Goldberg

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

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

Juliana Leite de Campos

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Garret Suen

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Nasia Safdar

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, William S. Middleton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and declare the following competing interests: PLR received personal fees from Boehringer-Ingelheim Animal Health for giving sponsored continuing education talks to veterinarians about use of antibiotics to treat dairy cows. This company makes and sells antibiotics used for that purpose. Qualitative HealthResearch Consultants, LLC provided support in the form of salary for AK. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.