About the Authors

Longping Li

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Luoxiong Zhou

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Lihong Wang

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Huping Xue

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Xin Zhao

zhaoxin@nwsuaf.edu.cn

Affiliations College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China, Department of Animal Science, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LPL XZ. Performed the experiments: LPL LXZ LHW HPX. Analyzed the data: LPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LPL LXZ LHW HPX. Wrote the paper: LPL XZ.