Xu, Yunfei
Wang, Guoxiu
Wang, Weimin
Jia, Jiale
Gao, Qihao
Xu, Haoyu
Zhu, Anfeng
Zhao, Jing
Zhang, Yang
Liu, Zhen
Miao, Zichun
Li, Chong
Funding for this research was provided by:
Central Government's Guiding Fund for Local Science and Technology Development (23ZYQC0304)
Science and Technology Project of Gansu Province - Special Project for Cooperation between the Eastern and Western Regions (22CX8NA044)
Discipline Team Project of Gansu Agricultural University (GAU-XKTD-2022-20)
Article History
Received: 31 March 2025
Accepted: 6 August 2025
First Online: 2 October 2025
Declarations
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: The animal procedures used in this study were reviewed and approved by the Academic Committee of Gansu Agricultural University, in accordance with the guidelines established by the Gansu Provincial Committee for the Care and Use of Biological Research Animals (Approval No. GSAU-Eth-AST-2021-021). Since all animals were commercially purchased from a licensed agricultural supplier (Defu Agricultural Co., Ltd., China), informed consent from individual owners was exempted as per institutional guidelines for commercially sourced livestock.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.