Cao, Hongzhen
Wang, Jing
Wang, Yunzhou
Jin, Xinlin
Huang, Jingsen
Chen, Wei
Tang, Hui
Chen, Junfeng
Xing, Baosong
Zeng, Yongqing
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2021YFD1301200)
the Agricultural Animal Breeding Project of Shandong Province (No. 2020LZGC012)
Shandong Province Pig Industry Technology System Project (No. SDAIT-08-02)
Article History
Received: 26 September 2025
Accepted: 23 March 2026
First Online: 1 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted following the 2012 International Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Animals (Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences, ), the care and use of laboratory animals were in full compliance with these guidelines. Furthermore, the study species is not listed in the List of Protected Animals in China and experimental research on this species is legal in China, no institutional permission was required for the collection of animals in this study.The experimental animals in this study were slaughtered at the dedicated slaughterhouse of Jiangquan Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. in Linyi City, Shandong Province. The slaughter was performed by a colleague holding a veterinary qualification certificate after the animals were euthanized by electrocution. Our study has taken the informed consent of the animal owner. All animal care and treatment procedures were approved by Ethics Committee of Shandong Agricultural University, China, and performed according to the Committee’s guidelines and regulations (Approval No.: 2004006). We declare that this study is reported by ARRIVE guidelines.All authors have read and approved this version of the article, and due care has been taken to ensure the integrity of the work. No part of this paper has been published or submitted elsewhere. No conflict of interest exits in the submission of this manuscript.