About the Authors

Maria C. Walsh

Affiliation Teagasc, Pig Development Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Ireland

Stefan G. Buzoianu

Affiliations Teagasc, Pig Development Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Ireland, Department of Chemical and Life Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland

Gillian E. Gardiner

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Life Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland

Mary C. Rea

Affiliation Teagasc, Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Ireland

Eva Gelencsér

Affiliation Department of Biology, Central Food Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary

Anna Jánosi

Affiliation Department of Biology, Central Food Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary

Michelle M. Epstein

Affiliation Division of Immunobiology, Institute of Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

R. Paul Ross

Affiliation Teagasc, Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Ireland

Peadar G. Lawlor

peadar.lawlor@teagasc.ie

Affiliation Teagasc, Pig Development Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PGL GEG RPR. Performed the experiments: MCW SGB PGL GEG MCR. Analyzed the data: MCW SGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCW SGB MCR GEG PGL EG AJ. Wrote the paper: MCW SGB GEG PGL MCR MME RPR.