About the Authors

Xin Chen

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China

Yange Yang

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China

Zhaopeng Shi

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China

Ming-Qing Gao

gaomingqing@nwsuaf.edu.cn (M-QG); zhangyong1956@nwsuaf.edu.cn (YZ)

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China

Yong Zhang

gaomingqing@nwsuaf.edu.cn (M-QG); zhangyong1956@nwsuaf.edu.cn (YZ)

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XC MG YZ. Performed the experiments: XC YY ZS MG YZ. Analyzed the data: XC MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XC YY ZS. Wrote the paper: XC.