Wang, Xiaomin
Zhang, Shenghu
Wang, Kaipeng
Li, Qianru
Yang, Yihang
Huang, Xingnan
Wang, Zhuangfei
Guo, Mengmeng
Chen, Bo
Zhang, Zheting
Wang, Bo
Pei, Duanqing
Zhao, Chengchen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8454-6347
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LZ25C060003)
the Yangtze River Delta Sci-Tech Innovation Community Joint Research Project (2022CSJGG1000)
the Pioneer and Leading Goose R&D Program of Zhejiang (2025C01115)
Article History
Received: 21 October 2025
Accepted: 10 June 2026
First Online: 22 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval: The experimental use of chickens was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Westlake University, Hangzhou, China (Animal Protocol No. 23–132-PDQ).
Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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