About the Authors

Sarah Malek

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

maleks@purdue.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Hsin-Yi Weng

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Shannon A. Martinson

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

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Mark C. Rochat

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Romain Béraud

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre Vétérinaire Daubigny, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Christopher B. Riley

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

Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: Boehringer-Ingelheim Ltd. provided the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory pain medication meloxicam (Metacam®). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no other patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.