About the Authors

Cali E. Willet

cali.willet@sydney.edu.au (CEW); claire.wade@sydney.edu.au (CMW)

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Mariano Makara

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

George Reppas

Affiliation Vetnostics, North Ryde, NSW, Australia

George Tsoukalas

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Richard Malik

Affiliation Centre for Veterinary Education, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Bianca Haase

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Claire M. Wade

cali.willet@sydney.edu.au (CEW); claire.wade@sydney.edu.au (CMW)

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Competing Interests

Co-author Claire Wade is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member; this does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria. Co-author George Reppas is employed as a veterinary pathologist by the commercial company Vetnostics. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CEW BH CMW. Performed the experiments: CEW BH CMW. Analyzed the data: CEW BH CMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CEW MM GR GT RM BH CMW. Wrote the paper: CEW.