About the Authors

Rowena M. A. Packer

rpacker@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hertfordshire, AL9 7TA, United Kingdom

Anke Hendricks

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hertfordshire, AL9 7TA, United Kingdom

Charlotte C. Burn

Affiliation Department of Production and Population Health, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hertfordshire, AL9 7TA, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMAP AH CCB. Performed the experiments: RMAP. Analyzed the data: RMAP CCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMAP. Wrote the paper: RMAP AH CCB.