About the Authors

Byung-Whi Kong

Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701, United States of America

Kentu Lassiter

Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701, United States of America

Alissa Piekarski-Welsher

Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701, United States of America

Sami Dridi

Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701, United States of America

Antonio Reverter-Gomez

Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, 306 Carmody Road, St. Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia

Nicholas James Hudson

Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, 306 Carmody Road, St. Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia

Walter Gay Bottje

wbottje@uark.edu

Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WB BK NH. Performed the experiments: WB BK NH. Analyzed the data: WB BK NH AR-G. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BK WB NH AR-G. Wrote the paper: WB BK NH AR-G KL AP SD. Critical review of manuscript: AR-G.