About the Authors

Alexander B. Opoku-Acheampong

Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Dave Unis

Affiliations Department of Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Jamie N. Henningson

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Amanda P. Beck

Affiliation Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Brian L. Lindshield

blindsh@k-state.edu

Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BLL. Performed the experiments: ABO DU JNH APB. Analyzed the data: ABO BLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABO DU BLL. Wrote the manuscript: ABO BLL.