About the Authors

Jiazhong Guo

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Postcode 611130, People’s Republic of China

Wei Zhao

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Postcode 611130, People’s Republic of China

Siyuan Zhan

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Postcode 611130, People’s Republic of China

Li Li

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Postcode 611130, People’s Republic of China

Tao Zhong

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Postcode 611130, People’s Republic of China

Linjie Wang

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Postcode 611130, People’s Republic of China

Yao Dong

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Postcode 611130, People’s Republic of China

Hongping Zhang

zhp@sicau.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Postcode 611130, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JG LL HZ. Formal analysis: JG WZ LL LW. Funding acquisition: HZ. Methodology: JG WZ SZ. Resources: TZ YD. Supervision: HZ. Writing – original draft: JG WZ HZ. Writing – review & editing: JG WZ SZ LL TZ LW YD HZ.