About the Authors

Huili Zhu

Affiliations The College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China, International Joint Research Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases of Henan, Zhengzhou, China

Jinfeng Zhao

Affiliation The College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Rongjun Wang

Affiliations The College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China, International Joint Research Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases of Henan, Zhengzhou, China

Longxian Zhang

zhanglx8999@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliations The College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China, International Joint Research Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases of Henan, Zhengzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ. Performed the experiments: HZ JZ RW. Analyzed the data: HZ RW JZ LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ. Wrote the paper: HZ LZ.