Ma, Yue https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9452-1513
Shi, Jinping
Xu, Meiling
Huang, Yongliang
He, Pengjia
Cao, Yongzhi
Yang, Ruixin
Min, Yuting
Lei, Zhaomin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-6623
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Major Science and Technology Special Project of Gansu Province (25ZDNA008)
Industry Support Project of Gansu Province (2024CYZC-36)
Beef Cattle Quality Fattening Project of Gansu Province (GSA-XMLZ-2021-01)
Major Science and Technology Special Project of Gansu Province (GSSLCSX-2020-1)
Article History
Received: 6 January 2026
Accepted: 22 June 2026
First Online: 26 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The animal studies were approved by the Animal Care Committee of Gansu Agricultural University (permit number: GSAU-Eth-AST-2022-035, approved 15 May), in compliance with the ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines. The studies were conducted in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.