About the Authors

Denize Tyska

Contributed equally to this work with: Denize Tyska, Adriano Olnei Mallmann, Juliano Kobs Vidal, Carlos Alberto Araújo de Almeida, Luciane Tourem Gressler

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Reproduction, Laboratory of Mycotoxicological Analyses (LAMIC), Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Adriano Olnei Mallmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Denize Tyska, Adriano Olnei Mallmann, Juliano Kobs Vidal, Carlos Alberto Araújo de Almeida, Luciane Tourem Gressler

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pegasus Science, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Juliano Kobs Vidal

Contributed equally to this work with: Denize Tyska, Adriano Olnei Mallmann, Juliano Kobs Vidal, Carlos Alberto Araújo de Almeida, Luciane Tourem Gressler

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Reproduction, Laboratory of Mycotoxicological Analyses (LAMIC), Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Carlos Alberto Araújo de Almeida

Contributed equally to this work with: Denize Tyska, Adriano Olnei Mallmann, Juliano Kobs Vidal, Carlos Alberto Araújo de Almeida, Luciane Tourem Gressler

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Reproduction, Laboratory of Mycotoxicological Analyses (LAMIC), Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Luciane Tourem Gressler

Contributed equally to this work with: Denize Tyska, Adriano Olnei Mallmann, Juliano Kobs Vidal, Carlos Alberto Araújo de Almeida, Luciane Tourem Gressler

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Independent Veterinary Researcher, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Carlos Augusto Mallmann

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mallmann@lamic.ufsm.br

Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Reproduction, Laboratory of Mycotoxicological Analyses (LAMIC), Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy, and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests to declare: AOM is a paid employee of Pegasus Science. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.