1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
2. School of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangsu Agri-animal Husbandry Vocational College, Taizhou, China
3. Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
4. International Joint Research Laboratory in Universities of Jiangsu Province of China for Domestic Animal Germplasm Resources and Genetic Improvement, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
5. International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
6. College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economics, Henan Zhengzhou, China
7. CSIRO Agriculture and Food, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
8. “Innovative China” “Belt and Road” International Agricultural Technology Innovation Institute for Evaluation, Protection, and Improvement on Sheep Genetic Resource, Yangzhou, China