About the Authors
- Daniel Hand
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Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Corrin Wallis
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Affiliation WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Alison Colyer
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Affiliation WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Charles W. Penn
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* E-mail: c.w.penn@bham.ac.uk
Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors declare a contribution to funding of this project by WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, to whom CWP is a consultant and by whom DH was supported in part during the study through partial funding of his studentship. This competing interest does not alter authors‚ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DH CW CWP. Performed the experiments: DH. Analyzed the data: DH CW AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH AC CW. Wrote the paper: DH AC CW CWP.