About the Authors

Susan Sommerlad

Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Allan F. McRae

Affiliation Queensland Statistical Genetics, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brenda McDonald

Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Isobel Johnstone

Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Leigh Cuttell

Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Jennifer M. Seddon

Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Caroline A. O'Leary

c.oleary@uq.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Companion Animal Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS AM LC JS CO. Performed the experiments: SS AM BM IJ LC CO. Analyzed the data: SS AM JS CO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS AM LC JS CO. Wrote the paper: SS AM BM IJ LC JS CO.