Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFD0500803)
the China Agriculture Research System (CARS-42-19)
Funds of Shandong “Double Tops” Program
Article History
Received: 22 June 2020
Accepted: 29 December 2020
First Online: 20 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All the animal infection experiments were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Shandong Agricultural University and conducted in accordance with the “Guidelines for Experimental Animals” of the Ministry of Science and Technology (Beijing, China). All goslings used in the experiment were euthanized by intravenous injection of sodium pentobarbital (100 mg/kg body weight).
: Not applicable.
: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest with any organization.