About the Authors

Camilla S. Bruun

cvb@sund.ku.dk (CSB); mf@sund.ku.dk (MF)

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Karin H. Jäderlund

Affiliation Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway

Mette Berendt

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Kristine B. Jensen

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Eva H. Spodsberg

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Hanne Gredal

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

G. Diane Shelton

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

James R. Mickelson

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Katie M. Minor

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Hannes Lohi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Research Programs Unit, Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki and Folkhälsen Research Center, Helsinki, Finland

Inge Bjerkås

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway

Øyvind Stigen

Affiliation Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway

Arild Espenes

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway

Cecilia Rohdin

Affiliation University Animal Hospital, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Rebecca Edlund

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Jennie Ohlsson

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Sigitas Cizinauskas

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Research Programs Unit, Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki and Folkhälsen Research Center, Helsinki, Finland

Páll S. Leifsson

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Cord Drögemüller

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Lars Moe

Affiliation Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway

Susanna Cirera

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Merete Fredholm

cvb@sund.ku.dk (CSB); mf@sund.ku.dk (MF)

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Cirera MF CSB MB. Performed the experiments: CSB KHJ MB KBJ EHS HG GDS JRM KMM HL IB ØS AE CR RE JO S. Cirera PSL CD LM MF. Analyzed the data: CSB GDS RE JO PSL S. Cirera MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB HG JRM KMM HL CR S. Cizinauskas LM. Wrote the paper: CSB KHJ MB GDS JRM MF.