Tang, Wenhui
Wang, Penghui
Jiang, Ting
Chen, Ningna
Xue, Maisui
Chen, Yale
Pang, Rui
Zhang, Juanxiang
Wang, Ru
Wang, Qiangjun
Chen, Jiahong
Ren, Chunhuan
Huang, Yafeng
Zhang, Zijun
Cheng, Xiao
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Modern Meat Sheep Industry Technology System (CARS-38)
Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32402701)
the Science and Technology Program of Qinghai Province (2022-NK-134)
Anhui Provincial University Synergistic Innovation Project (GXXT-2022-073)
Article History
Received: 20 December 2025
Accepted: 28 April 2026
First Online: 2 May 2026
Declarations
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: This experimental protocol was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Anhui Agricultural University (Approval No. AHAUXMSQ2024175). Informed consent was obtained from all owners of the animals involved in this study before sample collection.The authors declared that all animal management and experimental procedures were performed in compliance with the Guidelines for Laboratory Animals established by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.