About the Authors

Daisuke Hasegawa

disk-hsgw@nvlu.ac.jp

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

Shinji Tamura

Affiliation Tamura Animal Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan

Yuya Nakamoto

Affiliation Kyoto Animal Referral Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan

Naoaki Matsuki

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathobiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kimimasa Takahashi

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

Michio Fujita

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

Kazuyuki Uchida

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Osamu Yamato

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH. Performed the experiments: DH ST YN. Analyzed the data: DH ST YN KT KU OY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH ST YN NM MF KT KU OY. Wrote the paper: DH.