Zhou, Shiwei
Lenk, Laura Johanna
Gao, Yawei
Wang, Yuhui
Zhao, Xiaoe
Pan, Menghao
Huang, Shuhong
Sun, Kexin
Kalds, Peter
Luo, Qi
Lillico, Simon
Sonstegard, Tad
Scholl, Ute I.
Ma, Baohua
Petersen, Bjoern https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1532-4863
Chen, Yulin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5679-4055
Wang, Xiaolong https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1620-1344
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (32202646, 32161143010, 32272848)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M700111)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, CRC 1365)
China Agriculture Research System (CARS-39, CARS-39)
Article History
Received: 14 November 2022
Accepted: 25 May 2023
First Online: 12 June 2023
Declarations
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: This study was carried out in compliance with the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0 (). All experimental animals were raised at the Ningxia Tianyuan Sheep Farm, Hongsibu, Ningxia Autonomous Region, China. Water and standard food were provided ad libitum. The present study was approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Northwest A&F University (Approval ID: 2014ZX08008002) and all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.