About the Authors

Alicia Barbero

Affiliation UCM, Facultad de Veterinaria, Madrid, Spain

Susana Astiz

Affiliation INIA, Madrid, Spain

Clemente J. Lopez-Bote

Affiliation UCM, Facultad de Veterinaria, Madrid, Spain

Maria L. Perez-Solana

Affiliation INIA, Madrid, Spain

Miriam Ayuso

Affiliation UCM, Facultad de Veterinaria, Madrid, Spain

Isabel Garcia-Real

Affiliation UCM, Facultad de Veterinaria, Madrid, Spain

Antonio Gonzalez-Bulnes

bulnes@inia.es

Affiliation INIA, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB SA CJLB IGR AGB. Performed the experiments: AB SA MLPS MA IGR AGB. Analyzed the data: AB SA CJLB IGR AGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB MLPS MA. Wrote the manuscript: AB SA CJLB IGR AGB. Revised the manuscript: MLPS MA.