About the Authors

Nick D. Jeffery

njeffery@cvm.tamu.edu

Current address: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United State of America

Andrew K. Barker

Current address: Toronto Veterinary Emergency Hospital, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United State of America

Cody J. Alcott

Current address: Veterinary Specialty Center Tucson, Tucson, Arizona

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United State of America

Jon M. Levine

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United State of America

Ilyssa Meren

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United State of America

Jane Wengert

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United State of America

Albert E. Jergens

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United State of America

Jan S. Suchodolski

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United State of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: NDJ JS AJ. Data curation: NDJ JS. Formal analysis: NDJ JS. Funding acquisition: NDJ JS AJ. Investigation: NDJ AB CJA JML IM JW JS. Methodology: NDJ AJ JS. Project administration: NDJ JS. Resources: NDJ JS. Supervision: NDJ JS. Validation: NDJ JS. Visualization: NDJ JS. Writing – original draft: NDJ JS AJ. Writing – review & editing: NDJ AB CJA JML IM JW AJ JS.