About the Authors

Shu Tang

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Rehana Buriro

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Zhijun Liu

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Miao Zhang

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, China

Islam Ali

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Abdelnasir Adam

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Jörg Hartung

Affiliation Institute for Animal Hygiene, Animal Welfare and Farm Animal Behaviour, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

Endong Bao

b_endong@njau.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST MZ AA. Performed the experiments: ST ZJL RB IA. Analyzed the data: ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST EB JH. Wrote the paper: ST.