About the Authors

Francesco Di Ianni

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università degli Studi di Parma, Via Del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy

Elisa Merli

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università degli Studi di Parma, Via Del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy

Francesca Burtini

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università degli Studi di Parma, Via Del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy

Virna Conti

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università degli Studi di Parma, Via Del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy

Igor Pelizzone

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università degli Studi di Parma, Via Del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy

Rosanna Di Lecce

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università degli Studi di Parma, Via Del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy

Enrico Parmigiani

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università degli Studi di Parma, Via Del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy

Gian Paolo Squassino

Affiliation Clinica Veterinaria Ambulatorio Squassino, Asti, Italy

Maurizio Del Bue

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università degli Studi di Parma, Via Del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy

Enrico Lucarelli

Affiliation Osteoarticular Regeneration Laboratory, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, 40136, Bologna, Italy

Roberto Ramoni

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università degli Studi di Parma, Via Del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy

Stefano Grolli

stefano.grolli@unipr.it

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Università degli Studi di Parma, Via Del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG RR FDI IP EL. Performed the experiments: SG FB EM VC RDL FDI IP MDB GPS EP. Analyzed the data: SG RR FDI IP EM RDL. Wrote the paper: SG RR EL FDI IP.