About the Authors

Yong-An Lee

Affiliation Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Ansung, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea

Yong-Hee Kim

Affiliation Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Ansung, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea

Bang-Jin Kim

Affiliation Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Ansung, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea

Byung-Gak Kim

Current address: Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Ansung, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea

Ki-Jung Kim

Affiliation Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Ansung, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea

Joong-Hyuck Auh

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Ansung, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea

Jonathan A. Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Science, Spokane Community College, Spokane, Washington, United States of America

Buom-Yong Ryu

byryu@cau.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Ansung, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YAL JHA BYR. Performed the experiments: YAL YHK BJK BGK KJK. Analyzed the data: YAL JHA JAS BYR. Wrote the paper: YAL JAS BYR.