About the Authors

Marcello Siniscalchi

m.siniscalchi@veterinaria.uniba.it

Affiliation Department of Animal Production, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Salvatore Dimatteo

Affiliation Department of Animal Production, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Anna Maria Pepe

Affiliation Department of Animal Production, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Raffaella Sasso

Affiliation Department of Animal Production, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Angelo Quaranta

Affiliation Department of Animal Production, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS AQ. Performed the experiments: MS SD AMP RS AQ. Analyzed the data: MS SD AMP RS AQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS AQ. Wrote the paper: MS AQ.