About the Authors

Britta Dobenecker

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

Dobenecker@lmu.de

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

Linda Franziska Böswald

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

Sven Reese

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

Stephanie Steigmeier-Raith

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinic for Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

Lukas Trillig

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinic for Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

Steffen Oesser

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Collagen Research Institute, Kiel, Germany

Michael Schunck

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Collagen Research Institute, Kiel, Germany

Andrea Meyer-Lindenberg

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinic for Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

Jutta Hugenberg

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

Affiliation Gelita AG, Ebersbach, Germany

Competing Interests

Jutta Hugenberg is employed by GELITA AG, Eberbach, Germany, which funded the study. Steffen Oesser is co-inventor of patents concerning the use of collagen peptides. This does not alter the adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.