About the Authors

Margaret D. Weinroth

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

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Brianna C. Britton

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Kathryn R. McCullough

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation North American Meat Institute, Washington D.C., United States of America

Jennifer N. Martin

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Ifigenia Geornaras

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Rob Knight

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, Bioengineering, and Computer Science and Engineering, and Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Keith E. Belk

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Jessica L. Metcalf

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

Jessica.Metcalf@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.