About the Authors

Atsushi Yamazaki

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

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource and Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuya Edamura

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

edamura.kazuya@nihon-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource and Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Koji Tanegashima

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource and Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Yuma Tomo

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource and Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Makoto Yamamoto

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Japan Animal Referral Medical Center, Inc., Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Hidehiro Hirao

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Japan Animal Referral Medical Center, Inc., Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Mamiko Seki

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource and Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazushi Asano

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource and Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

Plus Cycle® devices were lent to Nihon University from Japan Animal Referral Medical Center (JARMeC) in this study. JARMeC explained the usage of Plus Cycle® device and cooperated on the access to raw data of the server for borrowed Plus Cycle® devices. MY and HH are employees of JARMeC. The authors would like to declare the following patents/patent applications associated with this research: Japan Animal Referral Medical Center is applying for a patent (Status: Pending, Patent No. JP2017-514095). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.