About the Authors

Jan S. Suchodolski

jsuchodolski@cvm.tamu.edu

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Scot E. Dowd

Affiliation Molecular Research, Shallowater, Texas, United States of America

Vicky Wilke

Affiliation Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Jörg M. Steiner

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Albert E. Jergens

Affiliation Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: author Scot E. Dowd is an employee of MR DNA (Molecular Research), Shallowater. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AEJ VW JSS. Performed the experiments: AEJ VW SED JSS. Analyzed the data: JSS SED AEJ JMS. Wrote the paper: JSS AEJ SED JMS.