About the Authors

Maya Braem

maya.braem@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliation Division of Animal Welfare, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Lucy Asher

Affiliation Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Sibylle Furrer

Affiliation Division of Animal Welfare, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Isabel Lechner

Affiliation Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Hanno Würbel

Affiliation Division of Animal Welfare, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Luca Melotti

Affiliation Division of Animal Welfare, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MB LM HW. Formal analysis: LA LM MB SF. Funding acquisition: MB HW. Investigation: MB SF. Methodology: MB LM. Project administration: MB LM. Software: IL. Supervision: LM HW. Visualization: MB LM LA. Writing – original draft: MB. Writing – review & editing: MB LM LA HW SF IL.