About the Authors

Kazuki Harada

k-harada@muses.tottori-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan

Takae Shimizu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan

Yujiro Mukai

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

Ken Kuwajima

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

Tomomi Sato

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Safety, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan

Akari Kajino

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Safety, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan

Masaru Usui

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Safety, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan

Yutaka Tamura

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Safety, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan

Yui Kimura

Affiliation Miyamoto Animal Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan

Tadashi Miyamoto

Affiliation Miyamoto Animal Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan

Yuzo Tsuyuki

Affiliation Sanritsu Zelkova Veterinary Laboratory, Kanagawa, Japan

Asami Ohki

Affiliation Fujifilm Monoris Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Yasushi Kataoka

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

KH received the funding of JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 24780299 (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-grantsinaid/). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The Fujifilm Monoris Co., Ltd. does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KH. Data curation: KH. Funding acquisition: KH. Investigation: KH T. Shimizu YM KK AK T. Sato MU Y. Tamura. Project administration: KH. Resources: Y. Kimura TM Y. Tsuyuki AO Y. Kataoka. Supervision: KH. Writing – original draft: KH. Writing – review & editing: MU Y. Tamura.