Acknowledgement
The authors would like to thank colleagues in the Changhua and Kaohsiung Animal Propagation Station, COA-LRI and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST 109-2313-B-005-008-MY3; 110-2634-F-005-006 project Smart Sustainable New Agriculture Research Center, China Medical University (CMU108-S-46) and the iEGG and Animal Biotechnology Center from The Feature Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan for supporting this study.
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