About the Authors

Erika Korzune Ganda

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Rafael Sisconeto Bisinotto

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Dean Harrison Decter

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Rodrigo Carvalho Bicalho

rcb28@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

The product evaluated in the present study was originally developed in RCB’s research laboratory, in Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Therefore, the authors would like to clarify the status of the rights of the product, and disclaim any possible conflict of interest that might arise. Cornell University requires inventors to assign to the university or its designee all rights and titles of their inventions and related property rights that result from activity conducted in the course of an appointment with the university and/or using university resources, including those provided through an externally funded grant, contract, or other type of award or gift to the university. RCB founded the company FERA Animal Health, LLC and is currently negotiating a license agreement with Cornell University to secure the rights for the intellectual property associated with the evaluated product. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RCB. Performed the experiments: EKG DHD. Analyzed the data: EKG RSB RCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EKG RSB RCB. Wrote the paper: EKG RSB RCB.