About the Authors

Ying Wang

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, P. R. China

Jia-tong Ding

jtding@yzu.edu.cn (JD); hmyang@yzu.edu.cn (HY)

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, P. R. China

Hai-ming Yang

jtding@yzu.edu.cn (JD); hmyang@yzu.edu.cn (HY)

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, P. R. China

Zheng-jie Yan

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, P. R. China

Wei Cao

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, P. R. China

Yang-bai Li

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW JD HY. Performed the experiments: YW WC. Analyzed the data: YW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW ZY WC YL. Wrote the paper: YW.