About the Authors
- Xiang Z. Li
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Contributed equally to this work with: Xiang Z. Li, Byung K. Park
Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin, 133002, P. R. China
- Byung K. Park
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Contributed equally to this work with: Xiang Z. Li, Byung K. Park
Affiliation Feed Research Institute, Nonghyup Feed Co. Ltd, Seoul, 134–763, Republic of Korea
- Jong S. Shin
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Affiliation Department of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University, Chunchoen, 200–701, Republic of Korea
- Seong H. Choi
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Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, 361–763, Korea
- Stephen B. Smith
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Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, 77843–2471, United States of America
- Chang G. Yan
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* E-mail: ycg@ybu.edu.cn
Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin, 133002, P. R. China
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Co-author Byung K. Park is employed by Nonghyup Feed Co. Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XZL CGY. Performed the experiments: XZL BKP. Analyzed the data: XZL BKP JSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHC SBS. Wrote the paper: XZL BKP JSS.