About the Authors

Gabriela Galateanu

Contributed equally to this work with: Gabriela Galateanu, Robert Hermes

galateanu@izw-berlin.de

Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Robert Hermes

Contributed equally to this work with: Gabriela Galateanu, Robert Hermes

Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Joseph Saragusty

Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Frank Göritz

Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Romain Potier

Affiliation ZooParc de Beauval, Saint-Aignan, France

Baptiste Mulot

Affiliation ZooParc de Beauval, Saint-Aignan, France

Alexis Maillot

Affiliation Parc zoologique d'Amnéville, Amnéville-les-Thermes, France

Pascal Etienne

Affiliation Parc zoologique de La Barben (Pélissane), La Barben, France

Rui Bernardino

Affiliation Hospital Veterinário, Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Teresa Fernandes

Affiliation Hospital Veterinário, Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Jurgen Mews

Affiliation Clinical Application Research Center, Toshiba Medical Systems Europe, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands

Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt

Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

None of the authors of this paper has a financial or personal relationship with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias the content of this paper. Although seven of the authors are employed by commercial entities (RP and BM: ZooParc de Beauval, France; AM: Parc zoologique d'Amnéville, France; PE: Parc zoologique de La Barben, France; RB and TF: Hospital Veterinário, Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa, Portugal; JM: Toshiba Medical Systems Europe, The Netherlands), this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GG RH JS FG JM TBH. Performed the experiments: GG JM RP BM. Analyzed the data: GG JS TBH FG JM RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM PE RP BM RB TF. Wrote the paper: GG JS RH TBH. Critically reviewed and commented on the manuscript: FG AM PE RP BM RB TF JM.