About the Authors

Natasha A. Hamilton

natasha.hamilton@sydney.edu.au

Affiliation ReproGen-Animal Bioscience Group, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

Imke Tammen

Affiliation ReproGen-Animal Bioscience Group, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney Camden, New South Wales, Australia

Herman W. Raadsma

Affiliation ReproGen-Animal Bioscience Group, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney Camden, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors of this paper also hold the inventors rights within the related patent “Equine performance test” International Patent Application no pct/au2007/001379. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Collected samples: NAH. Conceived and designed the experiments: NAH IT HR. Performed the experiments: NAH. Analyzed the data: NAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAH IT HR. Wrote the paper: NAH IT HR.