About the Authors
- Phillip R. Myer
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.