About the Authors

Carolyn E. Arnold

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Carnold@cvm.tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Anitha Isaiah

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Rachel Pilla

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jonathan Lidbury

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Josie S. Coverdale

† Deceased.

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Todd R. Callaway

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Sara D. Lawhon

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Joerg Steiner

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jan S. Suchodolski

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.