Wang, Wannian
Pang, Zhixv
Zhang, Siying
Yang, Pengkun
Pan, Yangyang
Qiao, Liying
Yang, Kaijie
Liu, Jianhua
Wang, Ruizhen
Liu, Wenzhong
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China Project (31972560)
Shanxi Province “Yan Yun Aries” Breeding Joint Research Project (NYGG23)
Shanxi Agricultural University ‘Double First-Class’ Construction Guidance Project
Article History
Received: 25 March 2025
Accepted: 30 April 2025
First Online: 9 May 2025
Declarations
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: The experimental animals used in this study were all raised at the Animal Station of Shanxi Agricultural University. The ownership of the animals belongs to the co-author of this study (Liying Qiao), who has informed and consented to the conduct of this experiment. All experimental protocols were reviewed and approved by the Experimental Animal Ethics Committee of Shanxi Agricultural University (Ethics Committee Approval Reference Number: SXAU-EAW-2022 S.UV.010009). All authors approved the conduct of the experiment and the publication of the manuscript. In this study, in compliance with the requirements of the Animal Science and Veterinary College IACUC, sheep were humanely euthanized by exsanguination after deep anesthesia, and sodium pentobarbital (≥ 90 mg/KG) was injected intravenously to relieve the animals suffering.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.