About the Authors

Katiéli Caroline Welter

Contributed equally to this work with: Katiéli Caroline Welter, Cristian Marlon de Magalhães Rodrigues Martins, André Soligo Vizeu de Palma, Mellory Martinson Martins, Bárbara Roqueto dos Reis, Bárbara Laís Unglaube Schmidt, Arlindo Saran Netto

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil

Cristian Marlon de Magalhães Rodrigues Martins

Contributed equally to this work with: Katiéli Caroline Welter, Cristian Marlon de Magalhães Rodrigues Martins, André Soligo Vizeu de Palma, Mellory Martinson Martins, Bárbara Roqueto dos Reis, Bárbara Laís Unglaube Schmidt, Arlindo Saran Netto

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Animal Production, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil

André Soligo Vizeu de Palma

Contributed equally to this work with: Katiéli Caroline Welter, Cristian Marlon de Magalhães Rodrigues Martins, André Soligo Vizeu de Palma, Mellory Martinson Martins, Bárbara Roqueto dos Reis, Bárbara Laís Unglaube Schmidt, Arlindo Saran Netto

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil

Mellory Martinson Martins

Contributed equally to this work with: Katiéli Caroline Welter, Cristian Marlon de Magalhães Rodrigues Martins, André Soligo Vizeu de Palma, Mellory Martinson Martins, Bárbara Roqueto dos Reis, Bárbara Laís Unglaube Schmidt, Arlindo Saran Netto

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil

Bárbara Roqueto dos Reis

Contributed equally to this work with: Katiéli Caroline Welter, Cristian Marlon de Magalhães Rodrigues Martins, André Soligo Vizeu de Palma, Mellory Martinson Martins, Bárbara Roqueto dos Reis, Bárbara Laís Unglaube Schmidt, Arlindo Saran Netto

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil

Bárbara Laís Unglaube Schmidt

Contributed equally to this work with: Katiéli Caroline Welter, Cristian Marlon de Magalhães Rodrigues Martins, André Soligo Vizeu de Palma, Mellory Martinson Martins, Bárbara Roqueto dos Reis, Bárbara Laís Unglaube Schmidt, Arlindo Saran Netto

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil

Arlindo Saran Netto

Contributed equally to this work with: Katiéli Caroline Welter, Cristian Marlon de Magalhães Rodrigues Martins, André Soligo Vizeu de Palma, Mellory Martinson Martins, Bárbara Roqueto dos Reis, Bárbara Laís Unglaube Schmidt, Arlindo Saran Netto

saranetto@usp.br

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KCW CMMRM ASN. Performed the experiments: KCW CMMRM ASVP MMM BRR BLUS. Analyzed the data: KCW CMMRM. Wrote the paper: KCW CMMRM ASN.