About the Authors
- Daniel S. Mills
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* E-mail: dmills@lincoln.ac.uk
Affiliation Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom
- Sarah E. Redgate
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Affiliation Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom
- Gary M. Landsberg
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Affiliation North Toronto Animal Clinic, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts to declare: Ceva Animal Health, manufacturers of feline facial pheromones, have provided funding for this study which allowed the employment of SER on this work. Technical advice concerning the analysis and its interpretation was sought from Bruno Combes, a statistical consultant who has worked for Ceva Animal Health. Ceva Animal Health has also provided support for the research of DSM and GML at other times. DSM acts as a scientific consultant to Ceva Animal Health through a University contract. Novartis Animal Health, manufacturers of a veterinary formulation of clomipramine, have provided support for the research of GML at other times. Elanco Animal Health, manufacturers of a veterinary formulation of fluoxetine, have provided support for the research of DSM and GML at other times. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DSM GML. Analyzed the data: SER DSM GML. Wrote the paper: SER DSM GML.