Li, Yuan
Ye, Hongliu
Liu, Meng
Song, Suquan
Chen, Jin
Cheng, Wangkun
Yan, Liping http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7054-1510
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0501600)
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20181321)
China Agriculture Research System and Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (CARS-40-K13)
Article History
Received: 22 June 2020
Accepted: 19 January 2021
First Online: 2 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All animals used in the study were treated in accordance with the guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals of the Ministry of Health, China. The experimental protocols used in the animal studies were censored and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Nanjing Agricultural University (approved NO. SYXK (Su) 2017–0007). Written informed consent to use 400 clinical serum samples, which were collected from poultry farms and Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo, were obtained from the owners of the animals. All efforts were made to minimize animal suffering during sample collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.