About the Authors

Amélie Choquette

Contributed equally to this work with: Amélie Choquette, Jérôme R. E. del Castillo

Affiliation Québec’s Animal Pharmacology Research Group (GREPAQ), Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Eric Troncy

Affiliation Québec’s Animal Pharmacology Research Group (GREPAQ), Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Martin Guillot

Affiliation Québec’s Animal Pharmacology Research Group (GREPAQ), Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

France Varin

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jérôme R. E. del Castillo

Contributed equally to this work with: Amélie Choquette, Jérôme R. E. del Castillo

jerome.del.castillo@umontreal.ca

Affiliation Québec’s Animal Pharmacology Research Group (GREPAQ), Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

Eric Troncy has been regular consultant for Abbott Animal Health, and occasional consultant for Akron Molecules AG, Axience Santé Animale, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc., Centrexion Inc., CEVA Santé Animale, Dispomed Ltée., Elanco Animal Health, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc., MSD Animal Health Innovation SAS, Novartis Animal Health Inc., Vetoquinol, and Zoetis. None of these corporations was involved in the current project. All other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AC, ET, JREdC. Data curation: JREdC. Formal analysis: JREdC, AC. Funding acquisition: ET, AC. Investigation: AC, MG. Methodology: AT, EC, JREdC. Project administration: AC, ET. Resources: ET, FV. Software: JREdC. Supervision: ET, JREdC, FV. Validation: AC, ET, JREdC. Visualization: JREdC. Writing – original draft: AC, JREdC, ET, FV. Writing – review & editing: AC, JREdC.