About the Authors

Lu Gan

Affiliation Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Wei-Dan Jiang

Affiliations Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Pei Wu

Affiliations Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Yang Liu

Affiliations Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Jun Jiang

Affiliations Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Shu-Hong Li

Affiliation Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Ling Tang

Affiliation Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Sheng-Yao Kuang

Affiliation Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Lin Feng

xqzhouqq@tom.com (XQZ); fenglin@sicau.edu.cn (LF)

Affiliations Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Xiao-Qiu Zhou

xqzhouqq@tom.com (XQZ); fenglin@sicau.edu.cn (LF)

Affiliations Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG LF XQZ. Performed the experiments: LG WDJ YL JJ. Analyzed the data: LG WDJ PW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHL LT SYK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LG WDJ XQZ PW. Assisted with the gene expression work: YL.