About the Authors

Sarah C. Pearce

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Steven M. Lonergan

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Lance H. Baumgard

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Nicholas K. Gabler

ngabler@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCP NKG LHB EHL SML. Performed the experiments: SCP NKG LHB SML. Analyzed the data: SCP NKG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCP NKG LHB EHL SML. Wrote the paper: SCP NKG LHB EHL SML.