About the Authors

Michela Malvisi

michela.malvisi@yahoo.com

Affiliations Parco Tecnologico Padano, Lodi, Italy, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Fiorentina Palazzo

Affiliation Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy

Nicola Morandi

Affiliation Parco Tecnologico Padano, Lodi, Italy

Barbara Lazzari

Affiliations Parco Tecnologico Padano, Lodi, Italy, Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology, National Research Council, Lodi, Italy

John L. Williams

Affiliations Parco Tecnologico Padano, Lodi, Italy, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, Australia

Giulio Pagnacco

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Giulietta Minozzi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JLW GM. Formal analysis: MM BL. Funding acquisition: JLW. Investigation: MM FP. Methodology: JLW GM. Project administration: GM. Resources: FP NM. Supervision: JLW GM. Validation: MM. Visualization: MM GM. Writing – original draft: MM GP GM. Writing – review & editing: MM JLW GP GM.