About the Authors

Sirikul Soontararak

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

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Lyndah Chow

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

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Valerie Johnson

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Jonathan Coy

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Craig Webb

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Sara Wennogle

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

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Steven Dow

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

sdow@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors disclose that an invention disclosure regarding the potential diagnostic utility of the fecal IgG flow cytometric assay has been filed with the Colorado State University technology transfer office with title “Bacterial IgG assay for detection and monitoring of inflammatory bowel disease in companion animals” (intervention ID ‘INV19-002’) and the provisional patent application has been filed (application No. 62/827,436). However, this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.