About the Authors

Halina T. Kobryn

H.Kobryn@murdoch.edu.au

Affiliation School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Kristin Wouters

Affiliation School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Lynnath E. Beckley

Affiliation School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Thomas Heege

Affiliation EOMAP, Gilching, Germany

Competing Interests

Dr Thomas Heege being employed by the commercial company EOMAP, this again does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HTK KW LEB TH. Performed the experiments: HTK KW LEB TH. Analyzed the data: HTK KW LEB TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HTK KW LEB TH. Wrote the paper: HTK KW LEB TH.