About the Authors

T. Vijay Bhasker

Contributed equally to this work with: T. Vijay Bhasker, N. K. S. Gowda, D. T. Pal, S. Karthik Bhat, P. Krishnamoorthy

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Current address: Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Department of Animal Husbandry, Warangal, Telangana State, India

Affiliation Animal Nutrition Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India

N. K. S. Gowda

Contributed equally to this work with: T. Vijay Bhasker, N. K. S. Gowda, D. T. Pal, S. Karthik Bhat, P. Krishnamoorthy

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nksgowda@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Animal Nutrition Division, ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore, India

D. T. Pal

Contributed equally to this work with: T. Vijay Bhasker, N. K. S. Gowda, D. T. Pal, S. Karthik Bhat, P. Krishnamoorthy

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Animal Nutrition Division, ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore, India

S. Karthik Bhat

Contributed equally to this work with: T. Vijay Bhasker, N. K. S. Gowda, D. T. Pal, S. Karthik Bhat, P. Krishnamoorthy

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Animal Nutrition Division, ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore, India

P. Krishnamoorthy

Contributed equally to this work with: T. Vijay Bhasker, N. K. S. Gowda, D. T. Pal, S. Karthik Bhat, P. Krishnamoorthy

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation ICAR-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics, Bangalore, India

S. Mondal

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Animal Physiology Division, ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore, India

A. K. Pattanaik

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Animal Nutrition Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India

A. K. Verma

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Animal Nutrition Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.