He, Lan
He, Pei
Luo, Xiaoying
Li, Muxiao
Yu, Long
Guo, Jiaying
Zhan, Xueyan
Zhu, Guan
Zhao, Junlong
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31772729)
National Basic Science Research Program of China (2015CB150302)
the National Key Research and Development program of China (2017YFD0501201)
Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2017CFA020)
Article History
Received: 8 March 2018
Accepted: 24 July 2018
First Online: 6 August 2018
Ethics approval
: This study was approved by the Scientific Ethic Committee of Huazhong Agricultural University (permit number HZAUCA-2017-005). All water buffaloes were handled in accordance with the regulations of the Standing Committee of Hubei People’s Congress and the Animal Ethics Procedures and Guidelines of P. R. China.
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