About the Authors

Rafael Medeiros de Oliveira Silva

Affiliation School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, FCAV/ UNESP–Sao Paulo State University, Department of Animal Science, Jaboticabal-SP, Brazil

Nedenia Bonvino Stafuzza

Affiliation School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, FCAV/ UNESP–Sao Paulo State University, Department of Animal Science, Jaboticabal-SP, Brazil

Breno de Oliveira Fragomeni

Affiliation University of Georgia, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, Athens, GA, United States of America

Gregório Miguel Ferreira de Camargo

Affiliation School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, FCAV/ UNESP–Sao Paulo State University, Department of Animal Science, Jaboticabal-SP, Brazil

Thaís Matos Ceacero

Affiliation APTA Center of Beef Cattle, Animal Science Institute, Sertaozinho, SP, Brazil

Joslaine Noely dos Santos Gonçalves Cyrillo

Affiliation APTA Center of Beef Cattle, Animal Science Institute, Sertaozinho, SP, Brazil

Fernando Baldi

Affiliation School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, FCAV/ UNESP–Sao Paulo State University, Department of Animal Science, Jaboticabal-SP, Brazil

Arione Augusti Boligon

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante

Affiliation APTA Center of Beef Cattle, Animal Science Institute, Sertaozinho, SP, Brazil

Daniela Lino Lourenco

Affiliation University of Georgia, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, Athens, GA, United States of America

Ignacy Misztal

Affiliation University of Georgia, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, Athens, GA, United States of America

Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque

lgalb@fcav.unesp.br

Affiliation School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, FCAV/ UNESP–Sao Paulo State University, Department of Animal Science, Jaboticabal-SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: LGA RMOS. Data curation: MEZM RMOS. Formal analysis: RMOS BOF FB GMFC AAB DALL. Funding acquisition: LGA MEZM. Investigation: MEZM LGA TMC JNSGC. Methodology: RMOS FB LGA IM DALL BOF. Project administration: LGA MEZM. Resources: LGA. Software: IM. Supervision: LGA MEZM. Visualization: RMOS NBS. Writing – original draft: RMOS. Writing – review & editing: NBS FB IM DALL AAB.