About the Authors

Shaohui Pan

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Wuju Chen

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Xu Liu

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Jiajia Xiao

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Yanqin Wang

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Jun Liu

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Yue Du

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Yongsheng Wang

wangyongsheng01@nwsuaf.edu.cn (YW); zhy1956@263.net (YZ)

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Yong Zhang

wangyongsheng01@nwsuaf.edu.cn (YW); zhy1956@263.net (YZ)

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP Yongsheng Wang YZ. Performed the experiments: SP WC JX Yanqin Wang. Analyzed the data: XL JL YD. Wrote the paper: SP.