About the Authors
- Brianna N. Gaskill
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* E-mail: brianna.gaskill@crl.com
Affiliations Department of Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Charles River, Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kathleen R. Pritchett-Corning
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Affiliation Charles River, Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Christopher J. Gordon
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Affiliation Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Edmond A. Pajor
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Affiliation Department of Production Animal Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Jeffrey R. Lucas
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Jerry K. Davis
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Affiliation Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Joseph P. Garner
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Affiliation Department of Comparative Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
A portion of the nesting material used in this study was donated by FiberCore and Shepherd Specialty Papers. All mice and animal care were provided by Charles River. BNG at the time of conducting, analyzing, and writing this manuscript was a student at Purdue University. Upon graduation (Aug. 2011) she was hired as a postdoctoral researcher at Charles River. Charles River provided input on the design of the experiment and editing of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BNG KAPC CJG EAP JRL JKD JPG. Performed the experiments: BNG. Analyzed the data: BNG JPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPG. Wrote the manuscript: BNG.