About the Authors

Bushansingh Baurhoo

baurhoo.bushansingh@mail.mcgill.ca (BB); xin.zhao@mcgill.ca (XZ)

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Quebec, Canada

Peter Ferket

Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Chris M. Ashwell

Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Jean de Oliviera

Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Xin Zhao

baurhoo.bushansingh@mail.mcgill.ca (BB); xin.zhao@mcgill.ca (XZ)

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

SCIDF is a non-profitable private organization that supports poultry research and development. There is no employment, consultancy, patent or product development or marketed product related to this research.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB PF XZ. Performed the experiments: BB. Analyzed the data: BB JdO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB CMA. Wrote the paper: BB. Reviewed manuscript: XZ PF.