About the Authors

Wei Yang

gxyangwei@163.com (WY); djliao@hi.umn.edu (DJL)

Affiliation Guangxi Veterinary Research Institute, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China

Jian-min Wu

Affiliation Guangxi Veterinary Research Institute, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China

An-ding Bi

Affiliation Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Yong-chang Ou-yang

Affiliation Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Hai-hong Shen

Affiliation School of life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea

Gung-wei Chirn

Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jian-hua Zhou

Affiliation Nantong University, Nantong, JianSu, P.R. China

Emily Weiss

Affiliation Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Emily Pauline Holman

Affiliation Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

D. Joshua Liao

gxyangwei@163.com (WY); djliao@hi.umn.edu (DJL)

Affiliation Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exit.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WY DJL. Performed the experiments: GWC YCOY. Analyzed the data: ADB EPH EW JHZ JMW DJL HHS. Wrote the paper: WY DJL.