About the Authors

Maria Brockmann

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

brockmann@laboklin.com

Affiliation LABOKLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Kissingen, Germany

Heike Aupperle-Lellbach

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation LABOKLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Kissingen, Germany

Michaela Gentil

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation LABOKLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Kissingen, Germany

Anton Heusinger

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation LABOKLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Kissingen, Germany

Elisabeth Müller

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

Affiliation LABOKLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Kissingen, Germany

Rachel E. Marschang

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation LABOKLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Kissingen, Germany

Michael Pees

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

Affiliation Clinic for Birds and Reptiles, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

Laboklin GmbH & Co KG is a veterinary laboratory offering diagnostic services including bacteriological examinations for various samples. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.