About the Authors

Jeroen De Buck

jdebuck@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Department of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Rustem Shaykhutdinov

Affiliation Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Herman W. Barkema

Affiliation Department of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Hans J. Vogel

Affiliation Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDB HWB. Performed the experiments: JDB RS. Analyzed the data: JDB RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDB RS HV. Wrote the paper: JDB RS HWB HV.