About the Authors

James W. Kijas

James.Kijas@csiro.au

Affiliation Division of Livestock Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

James E. Miller

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Veterinary Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Tracy Hadfield

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Russell McCulloch

Affiliation Division of Livestock Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Elsa Garcia-Gamez

Affiliations Division of Livestock Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Departmento de Produccion Animal, Universidad de Leon, Leon, Spain

Laercio R. Porto Neto

Affiliations Division of Livestock Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Noelle Cockett

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWK NC. Performed the experiments: JWK JEM TH RMC. Analyzed the data: JWK EGG LPN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWK JEM NC. Wrote the paper: JWK LPN NC.