About the Authors

A. M. Oberbauer

amoberbauer@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA United States of America

G. G. Keller

Affiliation Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, Columbia, MO United States of America

T. R. Famula

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: GGK is the Chief Veterinary Officer of the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals and AMO is on the board of directors for the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AMO GGK TRF. Data curation: AMO GGK TRF. Formal analysis: TRF AMO. Writing – original draft: AMO. Writing – review & editing: AMO GGK TRF.