About the Authors

Maria C. Walsh

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

Stefan G. Buzoianu

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

Mary C. Rea

Affiliations Teagasc, Moorepark Food Research Centre, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Orla O’Donovan

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

Eva Gelencsér

Affiliation Central Food Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary

Gabriella Ujhelyi

Affiliation Central Food Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary

R. Paul Ross

Affiliations Teagasc, Moorepark Food Research Centre, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Gillian E. Gardiner

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

Peadar G. Lawlor

peadar.lawlor@teagasc.ie

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PGL RPR. Performed the experiments: MCW SGB PGL GEG MCR. Analyzed the data: MCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCW SGB GEG PGL MCR EG GU OO. Wrote the paper: MCW. Revised the manuscript: MCW SGB GEG PGL. Read and approved the final manuscript: MCW SGB MCR OO EG GU RPR GEG PGL.