About the Authors
- Gustavo Lopez Moreno
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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
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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
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition
Affiliation Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc., Duluth, Georgia, United States of America
- Marie Culhane
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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
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: 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.