About the Authors

Lucia Novakova

Affiliations Central European Institute of Technology - Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, 621 00 Brno, Czech Republic, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics AS CR, Rumburska 89, 277 21 Libechov, Czech Republic

Kristina Kovacovicova

Affiliations Central European Institute of Technology - Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, 621 00 Brno, Czech Republic, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics AS CR, Rumburska 89, 277 21 Libechov, Czech Republic

Thanh Quang Dang-Nguyen

Current address: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8062, Japan

Affiliation Central European Institute of Technology - Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, 621 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Martin Sodek

Affiliations Central European Institute of Technology - Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, 621 00 Brno, Czech Republic, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics AS CR, Rumburska 89, 277 21 Libechov, Czech Republic

Michal Skultety

Affiliation Central European Institute of Technology - Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, 621 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Martin Anger

anger@vri.cz

Affiliations Central European Institute of Technology - Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, 621 00 Brno, Czech Republic, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics AS CR, Rumburska 89, 277 21 Libechov, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA. Performed the experiments: LN KK TQDN M. Sodek. Analyzed the data: LN MA M. Sodek M. Skultety. Wrote the paper: LN MA.