About the Authors

Stefanie Mömke

Affiliation Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Marlene Sickinger

Affiliation Clinic for Ruminants and Swine, Faculty for Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Jürgen Rehage

Affiliation Clinic for Cattle, University for Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Klaus Doll

Affiliation Clinic for Ruminants and Swine, Faculty for Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Ottmar Distl

ottmar.distl@tiho-hannover.de

Affiliation Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM OD. Performed the experiments: SM. Analyzed the data: SM OD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KD JR MS SM OD. Wrote the paper: SM OD. Clinical examinations: JR KD MS.