About the Authors

Lisa Lit

llit@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Janelle M. Belanger

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Debby Boehm

Affiliation Precision Canine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Nathan Lybarger

Affiliation Left Coast K9, Marysville, California, United States of America

Anita M. Oberbauer

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Mr. Lybarger is a co-owner of Left Coast K9, and Ms. Boehm is the sole proprietor of Precision Canine. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL AMO NL DB. Performed the experiments: LL JMB DB NL. Analyzed the data: LL AMO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL AMO DB NL. Wrote the paper: LL AMO.