About the Authors

Elizabeth R. Arnott

Elizabeth.arnott@sydney.edu.au

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Jonathan B. Early

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Claire M. Wade

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Paul D. McGreevy

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

Meat and Livestock Australia is a commercial funding source. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERA JBE CMW PDM. Performed the experiments: ERA JBE. Analyzed the data: ERA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ERA. Editing and critical revisions of manuscript: JBE CMW PDM.