About the Authors

Pedro Del Bianco Benedeti

Affiliations Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Lorrayny Galoro da Silva

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Eduardo Marostegan de Paula

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Teshome Shenkoru

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Marcos Inácio Marcondes

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Hugo Fernando Monteiro

Affiliations Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, Maringá State University, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Brad Amorati

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Yenling Yeh

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Simon Roger Poulson

Affiliation Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Antonio Pinheiro Faciola

afaciola@cabnr.unr.edu

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PDBB APF. Performed the experiments: PDBB LGS EMP TS HFM BA YY SRP. Analyzed the data: PDBB MIM APF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APF. Wrote the paper: PDBB APF.