About the Authors

Kimberly D. Fisher

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Tracy L. Scheffler

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Steven C. Kasten

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Brad M. Reinholt

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Gregory R. van Eyk

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Jeffery Escobar

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Jason M. Scheffler

jmscheff@vt.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

David E. Gerrard

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KDF TLS JE JMS DEG. Performed the experiments: KDF TLS SCK BMR GRvE JE JMS. Analyzed the data: KDF TLS JE JMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KDF TLS JE JMS DEG. Wrote the paper: KDF TLS JE JMS DEG. Revising submission critically for important intellectual content: KDF TLC SCK BMR GRV JE JMS DEG. Final approval of the version to be published KDF TLC SCK BMR GRV JE JMS DEG.