About the Authors

Paloma de Melo Amaral

Contributed equally to this work with: Paloma de Melo Amaral, Lays Débora Silva Mariz

Affiliations Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Lays Débora Silva Mariz

Contributed equally to this work with: Paloma de Melo Amaral, Lays Débora Silva Mariz

Affiliations Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Pedro Del Bianco Benedeti

Affiliations Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Lorrayny Galoro da Silva

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Eduardo Marostegan de Paula

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Hugo Fernando Monteiro

Affiliations Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, Maringá State University, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Teshome Shenkoru

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Stefanie Alvarenga Santos

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Simon Roger Poulson

Affiliation Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Antonio Pinheiro Faciola

afaciola@cabnr.unr.edu

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: PMA LDSM APF. Data curation: PMA LDSM SAS APF. Formal analysis: PMA LDSM SAS APF. Funding acquisition: APF. Investigation: PMA LDSM PDBB LGS EMP HFM TS APF. Methodology: PMA LDSM APF. Project administration: APF. Resources: APF SRP. Software: PMA LDSM SAS APF. Supervision: APF. Validation: PMA LDSM SAS APF. Visualization: PMA LDSM APF. Writing – original draft: PMA LDSM APF. Writing – review & editing: PMA LDSM APF.