About the Authors

Ingmar S. Middelbos

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Brittany M. Vester Boler

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Ani Qu

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Bryan A. White

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Kelly S. Swanson

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

George C. Fahey Jr.

gcfahey@illinois.edu

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ISM KSS GCFJ. Performed the experiments: ISM BMVB. Analyzed the data: ISM BMVB AQ BAW. Wrote the paper: ISM BMVB BAW KSS GCFJ.