About the Authors

Ding Zhang

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China

Jingying Liu

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China

Jianfeng Gao

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China

Muhammad Shahzad

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China

Zhaoqing Han

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China

Zhi Wang

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China

Jiakui Li

lijk210@sina.com

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China

Hong Sjölinder

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Li DZ. Performed the experiments: DZ J. Liu. Analyzed the data: DZ J. Liu HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG MS ZH ZW. Wrote the paper: DZ J. Li HS.