About the Authors

Alexandros O. Konstantinidis

Roles Writing – original draft

alexandroskonstantinidis@gmail.com

Affiliation Companion Animal Clinic (Medicine Unit), School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Katerina K. Adamama-Moraitou

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Companion Animal Clinic (Medicine Unit), School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Dimitra Pardali

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Chrysostomos I. Dovas

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Georgia D. Brellou

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Theologos Papadopoulos

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Albert E. Jergens

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames, IA, United States of America

Karin Allenspach

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames, IA, United States of America

Timoleon S. Rallis

† Deceased.

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Companion Animal Clinic (Medicine Unit), School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.