About the Authors

Gustavo Lopez Moreno

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

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Jayaveeramuthu Nirmala

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Christa Goodell

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

Affiliation Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc., Duluth, Georgia, United States of America

Marie Culhane

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Montserrat Torremorell

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Torr0033@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Torremorell has earned consulting income from Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc., the company sponsoring this project. This relationship has been reviewed and managed by the University of Minnesota in accordance with its conflict of interest polices. Dr. Goodell is an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, the company sponsoring this project. She took part on the study design and planning. She did not however took part in the execution of the study or interpretation of the results. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The rest of the authors declare that they have no competing interests.