Authors’ information
Corresponding Authors
Yi Tang - College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China; Email: [email protected]
Haifang Li - College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China; Email: [email protected])
Authors
Xue Xiao - College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China
Geng Hu - College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China
Dalin He - College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China
Wenqian Zhang - College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China
Guanliu Yu - College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China
Yan Liu - College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China
Yun Lin - College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China
Hai Lin - College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China
Xianyao Li - College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China
Youxiang Diao - College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018, China
Authors’ contribution
†H.L., X.X, G.H. and D.H. contributed equally to this work.
Y.T., H.L. and X.X, designed the research. X.X., G.H. and D.H. performed and analyzed most experiments. W.Z., G.Y., Y.L., Y.L., H.L., X.L. and Y.D. helped with animal experiments and biochemical experiments. H.L. and X.X. wrote the paper. All authors discussed the results and commented on the manuscript.
Acknowledgements
We appreciate Xin Wen, Yanxin Jia, Xinzhi Zhang, and Mei Dong, for their assistance in the collection of animal samples. Thanks will be given to Prof. Yingli Shang for his discussion to this work.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
The experimental protocol was approved by the ethical committee for animals in research of Shandong Agricultural University, China.
Funding
This study was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFD0501506), the Higher Education Support Program of Youth Innovation and Technology of Shandong Province, China (2019KJE009, 2019KJF022), the Key Technology Research and Development Program of Shandong province (2019JZZY020602), the China Agriculture Research System (CARS-42-19), and funds of the Shandong “Double Tops” Program.
Availability of data and materials
The datasets used and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Consent for publication
All authors gave their consent for publication.
Competing interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.