About the Authors

Matthew Gibbs

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

matthew.gibbs@effem.com

Affiliations Waltham Petcare Science Institute, Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, School of Life Sciences, The Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Marcel Winnig

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

Affiliation AXXAM GmbH, Constance, Germany

Irene Riva

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation AXXAM SpA, IMAX Discovery Unit, Bresso, Milan, Italy

Nicola Dunlop

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Waltham Petcare Science Institute, Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Daniel Waller

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

Affiliation Waltham Petcare Science Institute, Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Boris Klebansky

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation BioPredict, Inc., Demarest, NJ, United States of America

Darren W. Logan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Waltham Petcare Science Institute, Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Stephen J. Briddon

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, The Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Nicholas D. Holliday

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, The Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Scott J. McGrane

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Waltham Petcare Science Institute, Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: M.G., D.W., D.W.L. N.D., and S.J.M. were all employees of Mars Petcare UK when the research was conducted. I.R. and M.W. are employees of Axxam S.p.A., Italy and Axxam GmbH, Germany. The study was funded by Mars Petcare UK. M.G. and S.J.M. are named inventors on a patent application on screening methods using canine Tas2r receptors for pet food products and compositions. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.