About the Authors

Kunzhe Dong

Affiliations USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, ORISE Fellow, USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Shuang Chang

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, China

Qingmei Xie

Affiliation College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Alexis Black-Pyrkosz

Affiliation USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Huanmin Zhang

Huanmin.Zhang@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HZ. Data curation: SC QX HZ. Formal analysis: KD ABP. Funding acquisition: HZ. Investigation: SC QX. Methodology: HZ SC KD. Project administration: HZ. Resources: HZ. Software: KD ABP. Supervision: HZ. Validation: KD HZ. Visualization: KD. Writing – original draft: KD. Writing – review & editing: HZ KD SC QX ABP.