Pan, Qing
Wang, Jing http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9846-7263
Hussain, Altaf
Gao, Yulong
Cui, Hongyu
Li, Kai
Qi, Xiaole
Liu, Changjun
Zhang, Yanping
Zhang, Shide
Wang, Xiaomei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (QC2017029, TD2019C003)
Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of ChinaHeilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (C2018068)
the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFE0203200)
Article History
Received: 20 May 2020
Accepted: 30 September 2020
First Online: 19 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The current study was conducted at the Experimental Animal Center of Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (HVRI, Harbin, China) of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS, Beijing, China). The animal experiments were approved by the Ethical and Animal Welfare Committee of Heilongjiang Province, China (License No. SQ20150508) and performed in accordance with the ‘Guidelines for Experimental Animals’ of the Ministry of Science and Technology (Beijing, China). All SPF chickens were cared for in accordance with humane procedures.
: The Author confirms: the work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis); it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any.
: The authors declare no competing financial interests.