About the Authors

Fernanda Batistel

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, 1207 West Gregory Drive, 61801, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Johan S. Osorio

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, 1207 West Gregory Drive, 61801, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Annarita Ferrari

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

Erminio Trevisi

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

Michael T. Socha

Affiliation Zinpro Corporation, 55344, Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America

Juan J. Loor

jloor@illinois.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, 1207 West Gregory Drive, 61801, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and one of the authors of this manuscript has the following competing interests: M. Socha is an employee of Zinpro Corporation. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJL MS JSO. Performed the experiments: FB JSO AF ET. Analyzed the data: JSO AF ET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ET. Wrote the paper: FB JSO ET JJL.