Funding for this research was provided by:
Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (2011F129R)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery)
Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures (Doctoral Graduate Student Scholarship, Doctoral Graduate Student Scholarship)
Article History
Received: 6 January 2019
Accepted: 7 August 2019
First Online: 23 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All the experimental protocols were approved by the Livestock Care Committee of the University of Alberta (AUP00001012) and were conducted following the guidelines of the Canadian Council on Animal Care.
: Not applicable
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.