About the Authors

Sydney Banton

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

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

Michael von Massow

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

Affiliation Department of Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Júlia G. Pezzali

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Adronie Verbrugghe

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Anna K. Shoveller

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

ashovell@uoguelph.ca

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

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: A.V. is the Royal Canin Veterinary Diets Endowed Chair in Canine and Feline Clinical Nutrition and declares that they serve on pet industry related scientific advisory boards and have received honoraria and research funding from various pet food manufacturers and ingredient suppliers. A.K.S. is the Champion Petfoods Chair in Canine and Feline Nutrition, Physiology and Metabolism, a Champion Petfoods consultant, receives research funding from private industry and provincial and federal grant agencies, and was a former employee of P&G Petcare and Mars Petcare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.