Shen, Xiaoyun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-6136
Min, Xiaoying http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8873-5006
Zhang, Shihao http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0984-9978
Song, Chunjie http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2797-7981
Xiong, Kangning http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3173-8740
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Project of National Key Research and Development Program of China in 13th five-year plan (2016YFC0502607)
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (41671041)
The Project of Innovation Program for postgraduate education of Guizhou province, Xiong Kangning's studio of postgraduate supervisors for the Karst environment of Guizhou province (Qianjiaoyanhe GZS ZI [2016]04)
Article History
Received: 14 September 2019
Accepted: 11 February 2020
First Online: 19 February 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Experimental Wumeng semi-fine wool sheep were cared for as outlined in the Guide for the Care and Use of Experimental Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching Consortium. Sample collections from Wumeng semi-fine wool sheep were approved by Southwest University of Science and Technology, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Project B-0006). The study was approved by the relevant ranchers, with the written consent of all participants.