About the Authors

Asako Kinoshita

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Lena Locher

Affiliation Clinic for Ruminants with Ambulatory and Herd Health Services at the Center of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Reka Tienken

Affiliation Institute of Animal Nutrition, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany

Ulrich Meyer

Affiliation Institute of Animal Nutrition, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany

Sven Dänicke

Affiliation Institute of Animal Nutrition, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany

Jürgen Rehage

Affiliation Clinic for Cattle, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Korinna Huber

korinna.huber@uni-hohenheim.de

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR SD KH. Performed the experiments: AK LL RT UM SD JR KH. Analyzed the data: AK KH RT UM SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH UM JR SD. Wrote the paper: AK KH UM SD JR.