About the Authors

Meliza G. Ward

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Kolapo M. Ajuwon

kajuwon@purdue.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA MW. Performed the experiments: MW. Analyzed the data: KA MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KA MW. Wrote the paper: KA MW.