About the Authors

Maria Strazzullo

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Strazzullo, Bianca Gasparrini

Affiliation Institute for Animal Production System in Mediterranean Environment, National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Bianca Gasparrini

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Strazzullo, Bianca Gasparrini

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Gianluca Neglia

neglia@unina.it

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Maria Luisa Balestrieri

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Romina Francioso

Affiliations Institute of Genetics and Biophysics ABT, National Research Council, Naples, Italy, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCSS) Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

Cristina Rossetti

Affiliation Institute for Animal Production System in Mediterranean Environment, National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Giovanni Nassa

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA), Italy

Maria Rosaria De Filippo

Affiliation Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico SDN, Napoli, Italy

Alessandro Weisz

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA), Italy

Serena Di Francesco

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Domenico Vecchio

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Maurizio D'Esposito

Affiliations Institute of Genetics and Biophysics ABT, National Research Council, Naples, Italy, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCSS) Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

Michael John D'Occhio

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, Australia

Luigi Zicarelli

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Giuseppe Campanile

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS BG GN MDE GC. Performed the experiments: SDF RF CR GN MRDF AW MS MDE DV. Analyzed the data: MLB DV LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC LZ MDE BG. Wrote the paper: MJD BG MS MDE GC GN.