About the Authors

Hilde K. L. Wærp

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Sinéad M. Waters

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Sinead.Waters@teagasc.ie

Affiliation Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland

Matthew S. McCabe

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland

Paul Cormican

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland

Ragnar Salte

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Competing Interests

We therefore have the following interests: This study is partly funded by TINE SA Norwegian dairies, Felleskjøpet agricultural cooperative and Animalia AS. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.