About the Authors

Emanuela Dalla Costa

emanuela.dallacosta@unimi.it

Affiliation Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Milan, Italy

Michela Minero

Affiliation Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Milan, Italy

Dirk Lebelt

Affiliation Pferdeklinik Havelland / Havelland Equine Hospital, Beetzsee-Brielow, Germany

Diana Stucke

Affiliation Pferdeklinik Havelland / Havelland Equine Hospital, Beetzsee-Brielow, Germany

Elisabetta Canali

Affiliation Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Milan, Italy

Matthew C. Leach

Affiliation Newcastle University, School of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EDC MM DS DL EC MCL. Performed the experiments: ECD MM DS DL. Analyzed the data: EDC MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EDC MM DS DL EC MCL. Wrote the paper: EDC MM DS DL EC MCL. Development of HGS and technical support by: EDC MCL.