About the Authors

Leonardo Murgiano

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Vidhya Jagannathan

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Valerio Calderoni

Affiliation Bovine practitioner, Fontanelice, Italy

Monika Joechler

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy

Arcangelo Gentile

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy

Cord Drögemüller

cord.droegemueller@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM VJ AG CD. Performed the experiments: LM VJ VC MJ AG CD. Analyzed the data: LM VJ CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VC MJ AG CD. Wrote the paper: LM AG CD.