About the Authors

Dan G. O′Neill

doneill@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliation Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

David B. Church

Affiliation Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Group, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Paul D. McGreevy

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Peter C. Thomson

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Dave C. Brodbelt

Affiliation Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DON DBC PDM PCT DCB. Performed the experiments: DON DBC PDM PCT DCB. Analyzed the data: DON DBC PDM PCT DCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DON DBC PDM PCT DCB. Wrote the paper: DON DBC PDM PCT DCB.