About the Authors
- Yen-Yu Chou
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Jessica L. Ward
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: jward@iastate.edu
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Lara Z. Barron
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Current address: Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, Hatfield, United Kingdom
Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- Shane D. Murphy
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Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Current address: Mission Veterinary Emergency and Specialty, Mission, Kansas, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Melissa A. Tropf
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Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Gregory R. Lisciandro
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Hill Country Veterinary Specialists, Spicewood, Texas, United States of America
- Lingnan Yuan
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Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Jonathan P. Mochel
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Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Teresa C. DeFrancesco
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Lisciandro is the owner of FASTVet.com, a private corporation that provides veterinary ultrasound training to practicing veterinarians. Ultrasound companies sponsor Global FAST Courses and include Universal Imaging, EI Medical, and Sound; and EI Medical has licensed Global FAST education materials. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.