About the Authors

Samuel Serisier

Affiliation Royal Canin Research Center, BP 4, Aimargues, France

Alexandre Feugier

Affiliation Royal Canin Research Center, BP 4, Aimargues, France

Sébastien Delmotte

Affiliation MAD-Environnement Ltd, Nailloux, France

Vincent Biourge

Affiliation Royal Canin Research Center, BP 4, Aimargues, France

Alexander James German

ajgerman@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Obesity and Endocrinology, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

SD is an employee of MAD-Environnement Ltd, whilst Royal Canin financially supports AJG’s readership at the University of Liverpool. All other authors (SS, AF, and VB) are employees of Royal Canin. These competing interests do not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS VB. Performed the experiments: SS. Analyzed the data: SS AF SD AJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS AF SD VB AJG. Wrote the paper: SS AF SD VB AJG.