About the Authors

Andrea C. Aplasca

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

aplasca@gmail.com (ACA); hale.502@osu.edu (VLH)

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Peter B. Johantgen

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Shores Department, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell, Ohio, United States of America

Christopher Madden

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

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Kilmer Soares

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Randall E. Junge

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

Affiliation Department of Animal Health, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell, Ohio, United States of America

Vanessa L. Hale

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanessa L. Hale, Mark Flint

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

aplasca@gmail.com (ACA); hale.502@osu.edu (VLH)

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Mark Flint

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanessa L. Hale, Mark Flint

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

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, One Welfare and Sustainability Center, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.