Zhang, Jinqiu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5192-2182
Miao, Jinfeng
Han, Xiangan
Lu, Yu
Deng, Bihua
Lv, Fang
Zhao, Yanhong
Ding, Chan
Hou, Jibo
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31772701, 31672515, 31472164)
Article History
Received: 13 February 2018
Accepted: 27 November 2018
First Online: 22 December 2018
Ethics approval
: All animal tests were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and were conducted following the guidelines of the Institutional Biosafety Committee at the Jiangsu Academy of Agriculture Sciences. The use of CO<sub>2</sub> as a method of euthanasia has been approved by the Ethics Committee. This method is within the AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals and guidelines of the China Council on Animal Care.
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