About the Authors

Pascale M. Y. Smets

Pascale.Smets@Ugent.be

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Medicine and Clinical Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan, Merelbeke, Belgium

Hervé P. Lefebvre

Affiliation Université de Toulouse, INP, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, Unité de Recherche Clinique et Département des Sciences Cliniques, Toulouse, France

Luca Aresu

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology and Veterinary Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università, Agripolis Legnaro PD, Italy

Siska Croubels

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan, Merelbeke, Belgium

Hendrik Haers

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan, Merelbeke, Belgium

Koen Piron

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Medicine and Clinical Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan, Merelbeke, Belgium

Evelyne Meyer

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan, Merelbeke, Belgium

Sylvie Daminet

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Medicine and Clinical Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan, Merelbeke, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS HPL EM SD. Performed the experiments: PS LA SC HH KP. Analyzed the data: PS HPL LA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HPL LA SC HH KP EM. Wrote the paper: PS HPL SD. Proofreading of the manuscript: LA SC HH EM.