About the Authors

Andrea Doeschl-Wilson

andrea.wilson@sac.ac.uk

Affiliation Scottish Agricultural College, Sustainable Livestock Systems, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rami Sawalha

Affiliation Scottish Agricultural College, Sustainable Livestock Systems, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Simon Gubbins

Affiliation Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratories, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

Beatriz Villanueva

Affiliations Scottish Agricultural College, Sustainable Livestock Systems, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (SGIT-INIA), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ADW RMS BV. Performed the experiments: ADW. Analyzed the data: ADW. Wrote the paper: ADW RMS SG BV.