About the Authors

Jeryl C. Jones

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeryl C. Jones, Mario J. Krussig

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

jerylj@clemson.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Mario J. Krussig

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeryl C. Jones, Mario J. Krussig

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

Current address: Poly-Med, Anderson, SC, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Matthew W. Breed

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Office of Animal Resources, Division of Research, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Cerano D. Harrison

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

Current address: Office of the Vice President for Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States of America

Affiliation South Carolina Translational Research Improving Musculoskeletal Health Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

John W. Gilpin

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

Affiliations Clemson University School of Health Research, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America

Guillermo M. Rimoldi

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

Affiliation Clemson Veterinary Diagnostic Center, Clemson University, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Jeremy J. Mercuri

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

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Ahmed A. B. Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

William C. Bridges

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

Affiliation School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.