About the Authors

Danilo Conrado Silva

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

danilo.silva@ueg.br

Affiliations Veterinary Medicine, West Campus, State University of Goiás, São Luís de Montes Belos, Goiás, Brazil, National Association of São Paulo for Small Animal Practice (ANCLIVEPA-SP), São Paulo, Brazil

Mariana Yukari Hayasaki Porsani

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

Affiliation National Association of São Paulo for Small Animal Practice (ANCLIVEPA-SP), São Paulo, Brazil

Aparecido Divino da Cruz

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Replicon Research Group, Genetics Graduate Program, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Erika Figueiredo Pereira

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Klayto José Gonçalves dos Santos

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Center for Animal Reproduction Biotechnology (Biotec), Graduate Program in Animal Production and Forage Science, West Campus, State University of Goiás, São Luís de Montes Belos, Goiás, Brazil

Lysa Bernardes Minasi

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

Affiliation Replicon Research Group, Genetics Graduate Program, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Vitória Alvarenga Nunes

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Replicon Research Group, Genetics Graduate Program, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Alex Silva da Cruz

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation

Affiliation Replicon Research Group, Genetics Graduate Program, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Fabio Alves Teixeira

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

Affiliations National Association of São Paulo for Small Animal Practice (ANCLIVEPA-SP), São Paulo, Brazil, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors wish to thank ROYAL CANIN DO BRASIL for their financial contribution toward the article processing charge (APC). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.