Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08789-y, published online 16 August 2017

This Article contains an error in the Methods section under subheading ‘Animals and treatments’.

“All experimental procedures were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and were performed in accordance with its guidelines.”

should read:

“All experimental procedures were approved by the Research Center and the Animal Husbandry Department of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and were performed in accordance with their guidelines and regulations.”