Liu, Houchun
Xu, Zhong
Chen, Hongbo
Peng, Xianwen
Shi, Liangyu
Wang, Cheng
Zhou, Ao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9819-0599
Mei, Shuqi
Wu, Junjing https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6864-4214
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFD1301101)
National Pig Industry Technology System (CARS-35)
Innovation Team of the Hubei Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Center (2024-620-000-001-014)
Article History
Received: 20 November 2025
Accepted: 11 June 2026
First Online: 23 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Institutional review board statement: The procedures involving animals and sample collection were evaluated and approved by the Ethics Committee of Wuhan Polytechnic University (Wuhan, China, No. WPU202406005, approved on 5 June 2024). All procedures followed the guidelines of the Laboratory of Animal Research (ILAR) guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals at Wuhan Polytechnic University, China.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.