About the Authors

Getahun E. Agga

Contributed equally to this work with: Getahun E. Agga, Terrance M. Arthur

Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America

Terrance M. Arthur

Contributed equally to this work with: Getahun E. Agga, Terrance M. Arthur

Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America

Lisa M. Durso

Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Agroecosystem Management Research Unit, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Dayna M. Harhay

Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America

John W. Schmidt

Terrance.Arthur@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The Beef Checkoff Program, authorized by the U.S. Congress via the Beef Research and Information Act of 1985, is a producer-funded marketing and research program designed to increase domestic and/or international demand for beef.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMA JWS. Performed the experiments: GEA TMA LMD DMH JWS. Analyzed the data: GEA TMA JWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GEA TMA LMD DMH JWS. Wrote the paper: GEA TMA LMD DMH JWS.