About the Authors

Ann M. Walsh

Affiliation School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Torres Sweeney

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Bojlul Bahar

Affiliations School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co. Dublin, Ireland, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Co. Dublin, Ireland

John V. O’Doherty

john.vodoherty@ucd.ie

Affiliation School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JVO TS. Performed the experiments: AMW BB. Analyzed the data: JVO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JVO. Wrote the paper: AMW JVO TS.