About the Authors

Jia-Qing Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China

Bin-Wen Gao

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China

Jing Wang

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China

Xian-Wei Wang

Affiliation Henan Provincial Animal Husbandry General Station, Zhengzhou, China

Qiao-Ling Ren

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China

Jun-Feng Chen

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China

Qiang Ma

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China

Bao-song Xing

xingbaosong502@163.com

Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JQZ BSX. Performed the experiments: JQZ BWG XWW JW QLR JFC. Analyzed the data: JQZ QM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QM XWW. Wrote the paper: JQZ BSX.