About the Authors

Tao Zhang

Affiliations College of Animal Science & Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China, School of Bioscience and Engineering, Shaanxi SCI-TECH University, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China

Yajun Yin

Affiliation School of Bioscience and Engineering, Shaanxi SCI-TECH University, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China

Huan Liu

Affiliation School of Bioscience and Engineering, Shaanxi SCI-TECH University, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China

Weili Du

Affiliation School of Bioscience and Engineering, Shaanxi SCI-TECH University, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China

Chonghua Ren

Affiliation College of Animal Science & Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China

Ling Wang

Affiliation School of Bioscience and Engineering, Shaanxi SCI-TECH University, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China

Hongzhao Lu

Affiliation School of Bioscience and Engineering, Shaanxi SCI-TECH University, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China

Zhiying Zhang

zhangzhy@nwsuaf.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Animal Science & Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ZYZ TZ. Data curation: YJY HL HZL. Funding acquisition: ZYZ LW. Methodology: TZ LW WD. Project administration: ZYZ. Supervision: ZYZ. Writing – original draft: TZ LW. Writing – review & editing: TZ LW CHR ZYZ.