About the Authors

Megan R. LaFollette

meglafollette@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Animal Welfare Science, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Marguerite E. O’Haire

Affiliation Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Center for the Human-Animal Bond, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Sylvie Cloutier

Affiliation Canadian Council on Animal Care, Assessment and Accreditation Section, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Whitney B. Blankenberger

Affiliation Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Brianna N. Gaskill

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Animal Welfare Science, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MRL SC BNG MEO. Data curation: MRL. Formal analysis: MRL. Investigation: MRL WBB. Methodology: MRL SC BNG MEO. Project administration: MRL BNG MEO. Resources: MRL BNG MEO. Supervision: MRL BNG MEO SC. Validation: WBB. Visualization: MRL. Writing – original draft: MRL. Writing – review & editing: MRL SC BNG MEO WBB.