About the Authors

Michael J. Smout

Affiliation James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

Andrew C. Kotze

Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, Brisbane, Australia

James S. McCarthy

Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia

Alex Loukas

Alex.Loukas@jcu.edu.au

Affiliation James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJS ACK JSM AL. Performed the experiments: MJS. Analyzed the data: MJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACK JSM. Wrote the paper: MJS ACK JSM AL.