Wu, Yayun
Chang, Yankai
Zhang, Xiangqian
Chen, Yuancai
Li, Dongfang
Wang, Lu
Zheng, Shuangjian
Wang, Rongjun
Zhang, Sumei
Jian, Fuchun
Ning, Changshen
Li, Jiakui
Zhang, Longxian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5706-131X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Key Technologies Research and Development Program (2017YFD0500405, 2017YFD0501305)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (30600603, 31672548)
Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (162300410129)
Chinese Agricultural Research Systems (CARS-37)
Article History
Received: 27 June 2019
Accepted: 8 November 2019
First Online: 21 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Strictly in accordance with the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlife of adopted in 1988, verbal consent to participate was obtained from all participating owners or managers of pasture and yaks in Tibet prior to our study, and all field studies complied with guidelines of local legislation. All applicable international, national and institutional guidelines for animal care and use were observed. In addition, the research protocol was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Henan Agricultural University. No yaks were injured during specimen collection, and no endangered or protected species were involved in the present study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.