About the Authors

Deiby T. Culhe

Contributed equally to this work with: Deiby T. Culhe, Matilde F. Matola

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

Affiliations Department of Animal Production and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique, Center for Genetic Resources and Animal Assisted Techniques (CRGTRA), Directorate of Animal Science (DCA), Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Matola, Mozambique

Matilde F. Matola

Contributed equally to this work with: Deiby T. Culhe, Matilde F. Matola

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

Affiliation Department of Animal Production and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique

Elio Muatareque

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

Affiliation Department of Animal Production and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique

Milton P. Morrombe

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chobela Research Station, Centro Zonal Sul, Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Magude, Mozambique

Matilde A. Manhique

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

Affiliation Chobela Research Station, Centro Zonal Sul, Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Magude, Mozambique

Ramos J. Tseu

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

Affiliation Department of Animal Production and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique

Abílio P. Changule

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

abilio.changule1991@gmail.com

Affiliation Center for Genetic Resources and Animal Assisted Techniques (CRGTRA), Directorate of Animal Science (DCA), Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Matola, Mozambique

Maria da G. Taela

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Center for Genetic Resources and Animal Assisted Techniques (CRGTRA), Directorate of Animal Science (DCA), Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Matola, Mozambique

Custódio G. Bila

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Animal and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique, Department of Research and Development, Intermed Mozambique Lda, Maputo, Mozambique, Center of Excelence in Agri-Food Systems and Nutrition (CEAFSN) - Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Save University (UniSave), Gaza Delegation, Chongoene, Mozambique

Manuel Garcia-Herreros

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

Affiliations National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research (INIAV), Santarém, Portugal, CIISA-AL4AnimalS, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.