About the Authors

Mohammed H. Cherkaoui-Rbati

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

mohammed.h.cherkaoui@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Stuart W. Paine

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Peter Littlewood

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Cyril Rauch

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. SWP and CR received a grant from Vertex Pharmaceutical (http://www.vrtx.com/) for a PhD sponsorship. This sponsoring does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.