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Article History

Received: 8 June 2018

Accepted: 10 October 2018

First Online: 23 November 2018

Authors’ information

: Abdulrahman S. Alharthi is PhD candidate, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61,801, USA. Fernanda Batistel is Assistant Professor, Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA. Mohamed K. Abdelmegeid is Lecturer in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Shaikh 33,516, Egypt. Gustavo Lascano is Assistant Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA. Claudia Parys is Senior Manager Global Technical Support, Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, 63,457 Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany. Arianne Helmbrecht is Business Director Key Account, Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, 63,457 Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany. Erminio Trevisi is Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Food and Nutrition Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza 29,122, Italy. Juan J. Loor is Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61,801, USA.

: All the procedures for this study were conducted in accordance with a protocol approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the University of Illinois (protocol # 14270).

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.