About the Authors

Eugene C. Bwalya

eugenelb2000@yahoo.com

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Sangho Kim

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Jing Fang

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

H. M. Suranji Wijekoon

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Kenji Hosoya

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Masahiro Okumura

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ECB SK JF HMSW KH MO. Data curation: ECB MO KH. Formal analysis: ECB. Funding acquisition: SK KH MO. Investigation: ECB JF HMSW. Methodology: ECB KH MO. Project administration: ECB SK KH MO. Resources: SK KH MO. Software: ECB. Supervision: MO KH. Validation: ECB SK JF HMSW KH MO. Visualization: ECB SK JF HMSW KH MO. Writing – original draft: ECB. Writing – review & editing: ECB MO.