About the Authors

Elizabeth M. Ross

elizabeth.ross@depi.vic.gov.au

Affiliations Biosciences Research Division, Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

Peter J. Moate

Affiliation Future Farming Systems Division, Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Ellinbank, Victoria, Australia

Leah C. Marett

Affiliation Future Farming Systems Division, Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Ellinbank, Victoria, Australia

Ben G. Cocks

Affiliations Biosciences Research Division, Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

Ben J. Hayes

Affiliations Biosciences Research Division, Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

This work is funded by the Dairy Futures CRC. The Dairy Futures CRC is a partnership between state and federal governments and the Australian dairy industry. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation 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: ER BH BC. Performed the experiments: ER PM LM. Analyzed the data: ER. Wrote the paper: ER.