About the Authors

Jimena Laporta

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Tonia L. Peters

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kathryn E. Merriman

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Chad M. Vezina

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Laura L. Hernandez

llhernandez@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LLH JL. Performed the experiments: JL TLP KEM. Analyzed the data: LLH JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LLH CMV. Wrote the paper: LLH JL.