About the Authors

Gemma L. Walmsley

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Virginia Arechavala-Gomeza

Affiliation Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Institute of Child Health, University College London, United Kingdom

Marta Fernandez-Fuente

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom, Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Institute of Child Health, University College London, United Kingdom

Margaret M. Burke

Affiliation Pathology Laboratory, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Nicole Nagel

Affiliation Alphapet Veterinary Clinic, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Angela Holder

Affiliation Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Rachael Stanley

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Kate Chandler

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Stanley L. Marks

Affiliation Department of Medicine & Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Francesco Muntoni

Affiliation Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Institute of Child Health, University College London, United Kingdom

G. Diane Shelton

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Richard J. Piercy

rpiercy@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom, Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Institute of Child Health, University College London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GLW VAG NN KC SLM FM GDS RJP. Performed the experiments: GLW VAG MFF MMB NN AH RS KC SLM GDS RJP. Analyzed the data: GLW VAG MFF MMB RS SLM FM GDS RJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH FM GDS RJP. Wrote the paper: GLW VAG MFF MMB SLM FM GDS RJP.