About the Authors

Toshiyuki Tanaka

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

Affiliations Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Osaka Prefecture University, Department of Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka, Japan, Kinki Animal Medical Training Institute and Veterinary Clinic, Osaka, Japan

Hideo Akiyoshi

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

akiyoshi@vet.osakafu-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Osaka Prefecture University, Department of Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka, Japan

Hidetaka Nishida

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Osaka Prefecture University, Department of Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka, Japan

Keiichiro Mie

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Osaka Prefecture University, Department of Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka, Japan

Lee-Shuan Lin

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Neipu, Taiwan

Yasumasa Iimori

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Osaka Prefecture University, Department of Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka, Japan

Mari Okamoto

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Osaka Prefecture University, Department of Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.