About the Authors

Gaelle Hirsch

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

Anouk Lavoie-Lamoureux

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

Guy Beauchamp

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Pierre Lavoie

jean-pierre.lavoie@umontreal.ca

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GH ALL JPL. Performed the experiments: GH. Analyzed the data: GH ALL GB JPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPL. Wrote the paper: GH JPL.