About the Authors

Michaela P. Trudeau

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55018, United States of America

Harsha Verma

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Population Medicine University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55018, United States of America

Fernando Sampedro

Affiliation Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55018, United States of America

Pedro E. Urriola

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55018, United States of America

Gerald C. Shurson

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55018, United States of America

Jessica McKelvey

Affiliation National Center for Electron Beam Research and IAEA Collaborating Centre for Electron Beam Technology,Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, United States of America

Suresh D. Pillai

Affiliation National Center for Electron Beam Research and IAEA Collaborating Centre for Electron Beam Technology,Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, United States of America

Sagar M. Goyal

goyal001@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Population Medicine University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55018, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GCS PEU SMG FS. Performed the experiments: MPT HV JM SDP. Analyzed the data: MPT HV FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS PEU SMG GCS. Wrote the paper: MPT HV FS JM SDP.