About the Authors
- Fernanda Batistel
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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
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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
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Affiliation Istituto di Zootecnica Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 29122, Piacenza, Italy
- Erminio Trevisi
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Affiliation Istituto di Zootecnica Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 29122, Piacenza, Italy
- Michael T. Socha
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Affiliation Zinpro Corporation, 55344, Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America
- Juan J. Loor
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* E-mail: 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.