About the Authors

Emma N. Bermingham

emma.bermingham@agresearch.co.nz

Affiliation Food Nutrition & Health, AgResearch Grasslands, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Sandra Kittelmann

Affiliation Animal Nutrition & Health, AgResearch Grasslands, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Wayne Young

Affiliation Food Nutrition & Health, AgResearch Grasslands, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Katherine R. Kerr

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Kelly S. Swanson

Affiliations Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Nicole C. Roy

Affiliations Food Nutrition & Health, AgResearch Grasslands, Palmerston North, New Zealand, The Riddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

David G. Thomas

Affiliation Centre of Feline Nutrition, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ENB NCR DGT. Performed the experiments: ENB DGT. Analyzed the data: WY SK KRK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WY SK KSS. Wrote the paper: ENB WY SK KRK NCR KSS DGT. Obtained funding and designed and conducted the animal study: ENB NCR DGT. Designed and conducted the laboratory component of the study: ENB WY SK KRK.