About the Authors

Giulietta Minozzi

giulietta.minozzi@tecnoparco.org

Affiliation Parco Tecnologico Padano, Lodi, Italy

John L. Williams

Affiliation Parco Tecnologico Padano, Lodi, Italy

Alessandra Stella

Affiliations Parco Tecnologico Padano, Lodi, Italy, Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Lodi, Italy

Francesco Strozzi

Affiliation Parco Tecnologico Padano, Lodi, Italy

Mario Luini

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna, Sezione di Lodi, Lodi, Italy

Matthew L. Settles

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Jeremy F. Taylor

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Robert H. Whitlock

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ricardo Zanella

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Holly L. Neibergs

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HN JLW GM. Performed the experiments: ML GM RZ MLS. Analyzed the data: GM AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML RW JT FS. Wrote the paper: GM HN JLW.