About the Authors

George Msalya

msalya@suanet.ac.tz

Affiliation Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania

Eui-Soo Kim

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Emmanuel L. K. Laisser

Affiliations Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania, Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Inspectorate Department Eastern Zone, Morogoro, Tanzania

Maulilio J. Kipanyula

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Anatomy, SUA, Morogoro, Tanzania

Esron D. Karimuribo

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, SUA, Morogoro, Tanzania

Lughano J. M. Kusiluka

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, SUA, Morogoro, Tanzania, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania

Sebastian W. Chenyambuga

Affiliation Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania

Max F. Rothschild

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: GM MJK EDK LMK SWC MFR. Data curation: GM ESK MFR. Formal analysis: GM ESK MFR. Funding acquisition: GM ESK ELKL MJK EDK LMK SWC MFR. Investigation: GM ESK ELKL. Methodology: GM MJK EDK LMK SWC MFR. Project administration: GM ESK MFR. Resources: GM MJK EDK LMK SWC MFR. Software: GM ESK MFR. Supervision: EDK LMK SWC MFR. Validation: GM ESK MFR. Visualization: GM ESK MFR. Writing – original draft: GM ESK ELKL MJK EDK LMK SWC MFR. Writing – review & editing: GM ESK ELKL MJK EDK LMK SWC MFR.