About the Authors

Marina L. Meli

mmeli@vetclinics.uzh.ch

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Valentino Cattori

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Fernando Martínez

Affiliation Programa de Conservación Ex Situ del Lince Ibérico, Espacio Natural de Doñana, Matalascañas, Spain

Guillermo López

Affiliation Egmasa-Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Córdoba, Spain

Astrid Vargas

Affiliation Programa de Conservación Ex Situ del Lince Ibérico, Espacio Natural de Doñana, Matalascañas, Spain

Miguel A. Simón

Affiliation Egmasa-Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Córdoba, Spain

Irene Zorrilla

Affiliation Centro de Análisis y Diagnóstico, Málaga, Spain

Alvaro Muñoz

Affiliation Centro de Análisis y Diagnóstico, Málaga, Spain

Francisco Palomares

Affiliation Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain

Jose V. López-Bao

Affiliation Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain

Josep Pastor

Affiliation Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Ravi Tandon

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Barbara Willi

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Regina Hofmann-Lehmann

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Hans Lutz

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLM VC RT BW RHL HL. Performed the experiments: MLM VC JP. Analyzed the data: MLM VC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FM GL AV MAS IZ AM FP JVLB JP RHL HL. Wrote the paper: MLM VC HL.