About the Authors

Stefano Capomaccio

Contributed equally to this work with: Stefano Capomaccio, Nicola Vitulo

capemaster@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Diagnostic and Veterinary Clinic - Sport Horse Research Centre, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Nicola Vitulo

Contributed equally to this work with: Stefano Capomaccio, Nicola Vitulo

Affiliation CRIBI, University of Padua, Complesso Vallisneri, Padova, Italy

Andrea Verini-Supplizi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Diagnostic and Veterinary Clinic - Sport Horse Research Centre, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Gianni Barcaccia

Affiliation Laboratory of Genetic and Genomics, DAFNAE - University of Padova, Campus of Agripolis, Legnaro, Italy

Alessandro Albiero

Affiliation CRIBI, University of Padua, Complesso Vallisneri, Padova, Italy

Michela D'Angelo

Affiliation CRIBI, University of Padua, Complesso Vallisneri, Padova, Italy

Davide Campagna

Affiliation CRIBI, University of Padua, Complesso Vallisneri, Padova, Italy

Giorgio Valle

Affiliation CRIBI, University of Padua, Complesso Vallisneri, Padova, Italy

Michela Felicetti

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Diagnostic and Veterinary Clinic - Sport Horse Research Centre, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Maurizio Silvestrelli

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Diagnostic and Veterinary Clinic - Sport Horse Research Centre, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Katia Cappelli

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Diagnostic and Veterinary Clinic - Sport Horse Research Centre, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AVS MS GV SC KC GB. Performed the experiments: SC KC MF MD. Analyzed the data: SC NV AA DC. Wrote the paper: SC KC NV GB.