About the Authors

Michael S. Tivers

mtivers@cave-vet-specialists.co.uk

Current Address: Cave Veterinary Specialists, George’s Farm, West Buckland, Nr. Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Ian Handel

Affiliation Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Adam G. Gow

Affiliation Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Victoria J. Lipscomb

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Rajiv Jalan

Affiliation UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, UCL Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Richard J. Mellanby

Affiliations Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom, MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MST IH AGG RJ VJL RJM. Performed the experiments: MST VJL AGG. Analyzed the data: RJM IH. Wrote the paper: MST RJM RJ IH.