Wang, Bo
Shao, Mingxing
Zhang, Ziheng
Li, Rui
Zhu, Liya
Ding, Lanlan
Guo, Yanjun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2023QC039)
National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFE1304303)
Article History
Received: 18 May 2026
Accepted: 27 July 2026
First Online: 5 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All experimental animals use protocols and procedures throughout the experiment was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Qingdao Agricultural University (protocol code: QAUAE20240310-09, and date of approval: 10th March, 2024). The lambs used in this study were owned by Linyi Xinyang Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. Written informed consent was obtained from the owner prior to the commencement of the study for the use of the animals in this research.
Consent for publication: All authors consented to the publication of this manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.