About the Authors

Magdalena A. T. Brunner

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Vidhya Jagannathan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Dominik P. Waluk

Roles Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations DermFocus, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, Molecular Dermatology and Stem Cell Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Petra Roosje

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliations DermFocus, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Division of Clinical Dermatology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Monika Linek

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation AniCura Tierärztliche Spezialisten, Hamburg, Germany

Lucia Panakova

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinics of Small Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Tosso Leeb

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations DermFocus, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Dominique J. Wiener

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Monika M. Welle

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

monika.welle@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliations Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DermFocus, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

We confirm that Anicura, the employer of Monika Linek does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.