About the Authors

Krisztina Manzano-Szalai

Affiliations Comparative Medicine, Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University of Vienna and University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Isabella Pali-Schöll

Affiliations Comparative Medicine, Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University of Vienna and University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Durga Krishnamurthy

Current address: Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliation Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Caroline Stremnitzer

Affiliation Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Ingo Flaschberger

Current address: Independent information scientist, Vienna, Austria

Affiliation Crossip Communications GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Erika Jensen-Jarolim

erika.jensen-jarolim@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliations Comparative Medicine, Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University of Vienna and University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The study was supported in part by Biomedical International R+D, Vienna, Austria. EJJ and IF are inventors of a related patent, details provided in reference [21]: Jensen-Jarolim E, Flaschberger I, inventors. Non-invasive Temperature and Physical Activity Measurement of Animals. Patent No: EP13158620.8, US 14/204,570. 03/11/2013. EJJ is shareholder in Biomedical International R+D GmbH. IF was at the time-point of data collection shareholder of Crossip Communications GmbH. The other listed authors declare no competing interest. There are no further 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: KMS IPS DK IF EJJ. Performed the experiments: KMS IPS DK IF. Analyzed the data: KMS IPS DK CS IF EJJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMS IPS DK CS IF EJJ. Wrote the paper: KMS IPS DK CS IF EJJ.