1. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University
2. Department of Agrobiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University
3. Research and Development Center, NH foods, Ltd
4. Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Functional Anatomy, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
5. Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
6. Niigata Agricultural research Institute Livestock Research center
7. Center of Toki and Ecological Restoration, Niigata University