Erratum to: Acta Vet Scand (2017) 59:24 DOI 10.1186/s13028-017-0292-1

After publication of the original article [1] it was brought to our attention that author Brenda Lynn Coomber was incorrectly included as Brenda Lee Coomber. The correct spelling of the name is included in the author list of this erratum and updated in the original article.