About the Authors

Mateus Z. Toledo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, Unites States of America

Giovanni M. Baez

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Current address: Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander, Cucuta, Colombia

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, Unites States of America

Alvaro Garcia-Guerra

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Current address: Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, Unites States of America, Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America

Nelson E. Lobos

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, Unites States of America

Jerry N. Guenther

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, Unites States of America

Eduardo Trevisol

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, Unites States of America

Daniel Luchini

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Adisseo USA Inc., Alpharetta, Georgia, Unites States of America

Randy D. Shaver

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, Unites States of America

Milo C. Wiltbank

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

wiltbank@wisc.edu

Affiliations Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, Unites States of America, Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Daniel Luchini is an employee of Adisseo USA Inc. Other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.