About the Authors

Shanis Barnard

shanis.barnard@gmail.com

Current address: Queen’s University Belfast, School of Psychology, Belfast, United Kingdom

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy

Simone Calderara

Affiliation Engineering Department “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Simone Pistocchi

Affiliation Engineering Department “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Rita Cucchiara

Affiliation Engineering Department “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Michele Podaliri-Vulpiani

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy

Stefano Messori

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy

Nicola Ferri

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB SM RC SC. Performed the experiments: SC SP SB. Analyzed the data: SC SP SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP RC NF. Wrote the paper: SB SC SM. Designed the software: SC.