About the Authors

Cristina A. Lelescu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation VisionVet, San Giovanni in Persiceto, Bologna, Italy

Andrada E. Urdă-Cîmpean

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Daria A. Dumitraș

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Marian Taulescu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Cosmin Mureșan

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

muresanscosmin@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: CAL is an employee of VisionVet, San Giovanni in Persiceto BO, Italy. However, CAL was not an employee of VisionVet at the time this study was conducted. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.