About the Authors

Toshinori Omi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

t.omi@nvlu.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Basic Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan, Research Center for Animal Life Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

Chihiro Udagawa

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Basic Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

Yuiko Kato

Roles Validation

Affiliation Department of Basic Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

Shota Kawakami

Roles Validation

Affiliation Department of Basic Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

Yumiko Uno

Roles Validation

Affiliations Department of Basic Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Kazuhiko Ochiai

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Hygiene, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

Junzo Asano

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation

Affiliations Department of Basic Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan, Kyushu Guide Dog Association, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

T.O. and J.A. hold a patent related to a part of this work. The authors declare no other competing interests.