About the Authors

Joanne Van der Velden

Affiliation Centre for Animal Biotechnology, Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Donna Barker

Affiliation Centre for Animal Biotechnology, Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Garry Barcham

Affiliation Centre for Animal Biotechnology, Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Emmanuel Koumoundouros

Affiliations Centre for Animal Biotechnology, Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Kenneth Snibson

ksnibson@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Animal Biotechnology, Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS EK. Performed the experiments: JVdV DB GB. Analyzed the data: JVdV EK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JVdV EK. Wrote the paper: JVdV.