About the Authors

Chen-Wen Xiao

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Quan-An Ji

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Qiang Wei

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Yan Liu

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Li-Jun Pan

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Guo-Lian Bao

baoguolian@163.com

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GLB CWX. Performed the experiments: CWX. Analyzed the data: CWX YL QW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CWX QAJ LJP. Wrote the paper: CWX.