About the Authors

Megan Marquez

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Pedro Boscan

pboscan@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Heather Weir

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Pamela Vogel

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

David C. Twedt

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. The pharmaceutical company Zoetis provided a small fund as an incentive to include dogs in the study (veterinary clinical trial). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB DT. Performed the experiments: MM PB HW PV DT. Analyzed the data: MM PB DT. Wrote the paper: PB DT.