About the Authors

Jan S. Suchodolski

jsuchodolski@cvm.tamu.edu

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Melissa E. Markel

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jose F. Garcia-Mazcorro

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Gral. Escobedo, Nuevo León, México

Stefan Unterer

Affiliation Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximillians-University, Munich, Germany

Romy M. Heilmann

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Scot E. Dowd

Affiliation Molecular Research DNA Laboratory, Shallowater, Texas, United States of America

Priyanka Kachroo

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Ivan Ivanov

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Yasushi Minamoto

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Enricka M. Dillman

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jörg M. Steiner

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Audrey K. Cook

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Linda Toresson

Affiliation Helsingborg Referral Animal Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflict. Author Scot E. Dowd is an employee of MR DNA (Molecular Research), Shallowater. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSS SU JMS AKC LT. Performed the experiments: JSS MEM JFG SU RMH SED YM EMD LT. Analyzed the data: JSS MEM JFG SED PK II YM. Wrote the paper: JSS MEM JFG SU RMH SED PK II YM JMS AKC LT.