About the Authors
- Mark J Farnworth
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mark J Farnworth, Ruoning Chen
Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Plymouth University, Devon, United Kingdom
- Ruoning Chen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mark J Farnworth, Ruoning Chen
Affiliation The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Rowena M. A. Packer
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Sarah M. A. Caney
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Affiliation Vet Professionals Limited, Midlothian Innovation Centre, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom
- Danièlle A. Gunn-Moore
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* E-mail: Danielle.Gunn-Moore@ed.ac.uk
Affiliation The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
This research received funding in kind from Vet Professionals Limited. The funder provided support in the form of a salary for author SMAC and assisted with data collection via the funder website. The funder did not have any additional role in the study design, analyses, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Author DAG also provides ad hoc consultancy services via the funder. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the 'author contributions’ section. Other than above, no additional conflicts of interest arise from this work. These issues do not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MJF RC RMAP SMAC DAG. Performed the experiments: RC DAG. Analyzed the data: MJF RMAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMAC DAG MJF RMAP. Wrote the paper: MJF RC RMAP DAG SMAC.