About the Authors

Stephanie J. Valberg

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

valbergs@cvm.msu.edu

Current address: Director Valberg Neuromuscular Diagnostic Laboratory, Williamston, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Michigan State University, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Zoë J. Williams

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

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Elizabeth G. Ames

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

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

James R. Mickelson

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

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman Washington, United States of America

Yvette S. Nout-Lomas

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Gabriele Landolt

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Macarena Sanz

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman Washington, United States of America

Keri Gardner

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

Affiliation Michigan State University, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Valberg directs the Neuromuscular Diagnostic Laboratory and receives financial remuneration for interpreting muscle biopsies. She also received royalties for genetic tests PSSM1 and GBED and feed products for horses. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.