About the Authors

Rong Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Rong Chen, Guobin Chang

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Guobin Chang

Contributed equally to this work with: Rong Chen, Guobin Chang

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Ying Zhang

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Aiqin Dai

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Teng Ma

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Jianchao Li

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Fei Zhai

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Dengke Hua

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Mingxiu Xia

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Guohong Chen

ghchen@yzu.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC G. Chang G. Chen. Performed the experiments: RC YZ AD. Analyzed the data: RC TM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC JL FZ DH MX. Wrote the paper: RC G. Chang.