About the Authors

Afshin Hosseini

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States of America, University of Bonn, Bonn, NRW 53115, Germany

Muhammad Rizwan Tariq

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States of America

Fernanda Trindade da Rosa

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States of America

Julia Kesser

Affiliation University of Bonn, Bonn, NRW 53115, Germany

Zeeshan Iqbal

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States of America

Ofelia Mora

Affiliation National Autonomous University of Mexico, Querétaro, Querétaro 76230, Mexico

Helga Sauerwein

Affiliation University of Bonn, Bonn, NRW 53115, Germany

James K. Drackley

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States of America

Erminio Trevisi

Affiliation Istituto di Zootecnica, Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza 29122, Italy

Juan J. Loor

jloor@illinois.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJL AH JKD. Performed the experiments: AH MRT FTdR ZI OM JK. Analyzed the data: AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OM HS JK ET. Wrote the paper: AH JJL.