Yang, Heng
Mi, Rongsheng
Cheng, Long
Huang, Yan
An, Rui
Zhang, Yehua
Jia, Haiyan
Zhang, Xiaoli
Wang, Xu
Han, Xiangan
Chen, Zhaoguo
Funding for this research was provided by:
The National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFD0502305)
National Risk Assessment Project for Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products (GJFP201800703)
Shanghai Agriculture Applied Technology Development Program, China (G20180110)
Technical Standard Program of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission (16DZ0501900)
The Key Technology R & D Program of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China (201601)
Article History
Received: 6 August 2018
Accepted: 29 October 2018
First Online: 12 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Faecal samples were collected from sheep farms with the consent of farm owners. All experiments were authorised by the Animal Ethics Committee of the Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute and approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The Animal Ethics Committee approval number was Shvri-sh-2013020042. During the whole experimental process, all laboratory work on the study specimens were covered under the Animal Experimental Protocol of Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute (201008): “Use of animal samples for the determination of zoonotic pathogen”.
: Not applicable.
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