Tan, Xiaodong
Liu, Ranran
Zhang, Yonghong
Wang, Xicai
Wang, Jie
Wang, Hailong
Zhao, Guiping
Zheng, Maiqing
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFD0500401)
Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program (CAAS-ZDRW202005)
Joint research project on broiler breeding funded by the Ministry of agriculture and rural Affairs of the People Republic of China (19200133)
Project of State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition (2004DA125184G1607)
Article History
Received: 19 August 2020
Accepted: 6 December 2020
First Online: 6 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All chickens were obtained from the Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IAS-CAAS, Beijing, China). Ethical approval (reference number: IASCAAS-AE-03) was conferred by the animal ethics committee of IAS-CAAS, which is responsible for animal welfare. All experimental protocols were conducted in accordance with guidelines established by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Beijing, China).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.