About the Authors
- Shavahn C. Loux
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
- Kirsten E. Scoggin
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
- Jason E. Bruemmer
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
- Igor F. Canisso
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States of America
- Mats H. T. Troedsson
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
- Edward L. Squires
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
- Barry A. Ball
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* E-mail: b.a.ball@uky.edu
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
Competing Interests
One of our funding sources was a commercial source: the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association/Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners. Although this is a commercial association, there are no ties to them through employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products. This group is comprised of local horse owners and breeders who are interested in learning more about the biology of pregnancy in the hopes of eventually reducing the incidence of late-term abortions in their own stock. Funding from this source does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: SCL BAB. Formal analysis: SCL BAB. Funding acquisition: MHTT ELS BAB. Investigation: SCL. Methodology: SCL BAB KES JEB. Project administration: SCL BAB JEB. Resources: BAB JEB IFC. Supervision: BAB. Validation: SCL BAB. Visualization: SCL. Writing – original draft: SCL. Writing – review & editing: SCL KES JEB IFC MHTT ELS BAB.