About the Authors

Theresa Casey

theresa-casey@purdue.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Heather Dover

Affiliation Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

James Liesman

Affiliation Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Lindsey DeVries

Affiliation Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Matti Kiupel

Affiliation Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Michael VandeHaar

Affiliation Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Karen Plaut

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no that competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TC MV KP. Performed the experiments: TC HD JL MK MV KP LD. Analyzed the data: TC JL HD MV KP LD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP MK MV. Wrote the paper: TC KP MV.