Wang, Hui
Zhong, Jincheng
Zhang, Chengfu
Chai, Zhixin
Cao, Hanwen
Wang, Jikun
Zhu, Jiangjiang
Wang, Jiabo
Ji, Qiumei
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2019YJ0257)
he National Natural Science Foundation of China (31902153)
the Program of the National Beef Cattle and Yak Industrial Technology System (CARS-37)
Article History
Received: 10 July 2019
Accepted: 27 April 2020
First Online: 7 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All yaks were obtained from Zang Jia Mao Niu Co, Ltd. (Tibet, China), a Chinese government-accredited yak farm and green yak product processing company. All animal procedures were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Science (permit number: S2015–013), following the ‘Guideline of Experimental Animals’ of Ministry of Science and Technology (Ministry of China and Technology, China, revised in June 2004). All yaks were humanely sacrificed and all efforts were made to minimize the suffering of these animal.
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