Zhu, Mengting
Yang, Yonglin
Yang, Hua
Zhao, Zongsheng
Zhang, Hongmei
Blair, Hugh T.
Zheng, Wei
Wang, Mingyuan
Fang, Chenhui
Yu, Qian
Zhou, Huaqian
Qi, Hangdong
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Sheep Genetic Improvement and Healthy Production (MYSKLKF201902)
Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Project of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (NCG202211)
National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFD1300903-2)
Major Scientific and Technological Project of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (2017AA006)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (32160770)
Article History
Received: 12 April 2023
Accepted: 22 June 2023
First Online: 11 July 2023
Declarations
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: All experimental procedures were in accordance with the animal welfare legislation and approved by the Experimental Animal Care and Use Committee of Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences (Shihezi, China, ethic committee approval number: XJNKKXY-2020–34, December 30, 2020) and the First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College of Shihezi University and College of Animal Science and Technology. Ewe ovaries were obtained from a live animal slaughtering center in Shihezi, Xinjiang province. The specimens were collected by trained personnel and specialized veterinarians following the animal welfare protocols of the First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College and college of animal science and technology of Shihezi University. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations by including a statement in the Declarations section to this effect. And the study is reported in accordance with ARRIVE guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.