About the Authors

Jodi Vertz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Healthy Hoofcare, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America, University of Edinburgh, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Diana Deblanc

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Performance Equine Veterinary Services, Peralta, NM, United States of America

Marie Rhodin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Thilo Pfau

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tpfau@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

We have the following interests. JV is employed by Healthy Hoofcare and DD by Performance Equine Veterinary Services. TP is owner of EquiGait, a provider of gait analysis products and services. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.