About the Authors

Kristina A. Weld

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Rafael Caputo Oliveira

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Sandra J. Bertics

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Sophia J. Erb

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

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Heather M. White

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

heather.white@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

As indicated, funding sources for this research were USDA Hatch grant number WIS01877 from the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station (Madison, WI; HW received funding) and Fermented Nutrition Corporation (Luxemburg, WI; HW received funding). Graduate student fellowship support was provided by Purina Animal Nutrition, LLC (KW received funding). These funding sources (commercial and non-commercial) do not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.