About the Authors

Hannah Godfrey

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

Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Alexandra Rankovic

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexandra Rankovic, Caitlin E. Grant

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Caitlin E. Grant

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexandra Rankovic, Caitlin E. Grant

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Anna Kate Shoveller

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Biosciences, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Marica Bakovic

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Human Health and Nutritional Science, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Sarah K. Abood

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Sit, Stay, Speak Nutrition LLC., Dimondale, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Adronie Verbrugghe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

averbrug@uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflicts of interest. AV is the Royal Canin Veterinary Diets Endowed Chair in Canine and Feline Clinical Nutrition and declares that they serve on the Health and Nutrition Advisory Board for Vetdiet. AV has received honoraria and research funding from various pet food manufacturers and ingredient suppliers. HG declares that they have paid engagements with pet food companies within Canada. AR declares that they have participated in paid internships and engagements with pet food companies within Canada. CG holds the Nestlé Purina Professorship in Companion Animal Nutrition at the Ontario Veterinary College, is the owner of Grant Veterinary Nutrition Services and consults with Simmons Pet Food. The Ontario Veterinary College received funding from Nestlé Purina Proplan Veterinary Diets to support a Registered Veterinary Technician in Clinical Nutrition, who assisted with this study. AKS was previously employed by P&G and Mars Pet Care, serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for Trouw Nutrition, and has received honoraria and research funding from various commodity groups, pet food manufacturers, and ingredient suppliers. SKA is the owner of Sit, Stay Speak Nutrition LLC and provides nutrition consultation to industry partners. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.