About the Authors

Phillip R. Myer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

pmyer@utk.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America

Tara G. McDaneld

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE, United States of America

Larry A. Kuehn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE, United States of America

Keith D. Dedonder

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Veterinary and Biomedical Research Center, Inc, Manhattan, KS, United States of America

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America

Michael D. Apley

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America

Sarah F. Capik

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Current address: College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, College Station, TX, United States of America

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America

Brian V. Lubbers

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America

Gregory P. Harhay

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE, United States of America

Dayna M. Harhay

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE, United States of America

John W. Keele

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE, United States of America

Madison T. Henniger

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America

Brooke A. Clemmons

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America

Timothy P. L. Smith

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE, United States of America

Competing Interests

The co-author KD Dedonder is currently employed by Veterinary and Biomedical Research Center, Inc, Manhattan. However, the past work was completed at Kansas State University during their education program. This is reflected in the affiliation statement. The current company provided no support in the form of salary for author KDD, and did not have any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. There are no relevant patents or products to declare. This does not affect our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on data or materials sharing.