About the Authors

Yan Lu

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan Lu, Hongyu Zhao

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China

Hongyu Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan Lu, Hongyu Zhao

Affiliation National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

Jian Sun

Affiliation Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Vocational College Agriculture, Beijing, China

Yuqi Liu

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China

Xuping Zhou

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China

Ross C. Beier

Affiliation USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Food and Feed Safety Research Unit, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Guojuan Wu

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China

Xiaolin Hou

hxlsx@163.com

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y. Lu GW XH. Performed the experiments: Y. Lu HZ JS Y. Liu XZ. Wrote the paper: Y. Lu HZ Y. Liu RCB.