Chase M. Nunez,^1,* Logan F. Thomas,¹ Jamie S. Benn,^1,**,*** Jack J. Richison III,¹ James N. Derr,² Walter E. Cook<sup>1

1</sup>The Cook Wildlife Laboratory, Departments of Veterinary Pathobiology and Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 660 Raymond Stotzer Pkwy., College Station, Texas 778
²The Derr DNA Technologies Core Laboratory, Departments of Veterinary Pathobiology and Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 660 Raymond Stotzer Pkwy., College Stati

^*Corresponding author (email: hunt1094@tamu.edu)
^**Current address: Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, 3141 Turlington Hall, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
^***Current address: Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, 2055 Mowry Rd., Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA