Zhang, Yang
Gu, Tiantian
Tian, Yong
Chen, Li
Li, Guoqin
Zhou, Wei
Liu, Guofa
Wu, Xinsheng
Zeng, Tao
Xu, Qi
Chen, Guohong http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2413-5589
Lu, Lizhi
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31402066)
the National Key Research and Development Project (2018YFD0501504)
the Research Program of Zhejiang Basic Public Welfare (LGN18C170003)
the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LQ17C170003)
the Natural Science Foundation of China (31702106, 31572385)
Article History
Received: 27 December 2018
Accepted: 22 December 2019
First Online: 30 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All protocols used in the present study were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Yangzhou University (approval number: 151–2014). The Administration of Affairs Concerning Experimental Animals (Yangzhou University, China, 2012) and the Standards for the Administration of Experimental Practices (Jiangsu, China, 2008) were established to perform the procedures. The ducks were obtained from the Guiliu Animal Husbandry Company (Henan, China). We also confirm that all efforts were made to reduce the pain.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.