About the Authors

Fei Ren

Affiliation Institute of Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders in Domestic Animals and Fowls, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Xingxiang Chen

Affiliation Institute of Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders in Domestic Animals and Fowls, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

John Hesketh

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Fang Gan

Affiliation Institute of Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders in Domestic Animals and Fowls, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Kehe Huang

khhuang@njau.edu.cn

Affiliation Institute of Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders in Domestic Animals and Fowls, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FR KH. Performed the experiments: FR XC FG. Analyzed the data: FR JH KH. Wrote the paper: FR JH KH.