About the Authors

Katheryn L. Cerny

Affiliation Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, United States of America

Rosanne A. C. Ribeiro

Affiliation Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, United States of America

Myoungkun Jeoung

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, United States of America

CheMyong Ko

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61802, United States of America

Phillip J. Bridges

phillip.bridges@uky.edu

Affiliations Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, United States of America, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB CK. Performed the experiments: KC RR MJ. Analyzed the data: KC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB CK. Wrote the paper: CK PB.