About the Authors

Ingmar S. Middelbos

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Brittany M. Vester

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Lisa K. Karr-Lilienthal

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Lawrence B. Schook

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Kelly S. Swanson

ksswanso@illinois.edu

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LBS KSS. Performed the experiments: BMV LKKL KSS. Analyzed the data: ISM BMV LKKL KSS. Wrote the paper: ISM KSS.