About the Authors

Joanna Nowacka-Woszuk

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Izabela Szczerbal

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Monika Stachowiak

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Maciej Szydlowski

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Wojciech Nizanski

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Reproduction and Clinic of Farm Animals, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland

Stanislaw Dzimira

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland

Artur Maslak

Roles Resources

Affiliation Vital-Vet Veterinary Clinic, Pniewy, Poland

Rita Payan-Carreira

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation CECAV, Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, Vila Real, Portugal

Eline Wydooghe

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics, and Herd Health, Clinic of Small Animal Reproduction, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Tomasz Nowak

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Animal Reproduction, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Marek Switonski

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

switonsk@up.poznan.pl

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors declare the following interests: Artur Maslak is employed by The Vital-Vet Veterinary Clinic, which provides medical service for animals. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.