About the Authors

Áine M. Egan

Affiliation School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland

Torres Sweeney

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland

Maria Hayes

Affiliation Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin, 15, Ireland

John V. O’Doherty

john.vodoherty@ucd.ie

Affiliation School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS JVOD. Performed the experiments: ÁME. Analyzed the data: JVOD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH. Wrote the paper: ÁME TS JVOD.