About the Authors

Fabio A. Vannucci

vannu008@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Douglas N. Foster

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Connie J. Gebhart

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAV DNF CJG. Performed the experiments: FAV CJG. Analyzed the data: FAV DNF CJG. Wrote the paper: FAV DNF CJG.