Abadjieva, Desislava
Shimkus, Almantas
Shimkiene, Aldona
Rashev, Pavel
Kistanova, Elena http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5239-1715
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bulgarian National Science Fund (DKOST01/10, DKOST 01/15)
Article History
Received: 29 October 2017
Revised: 8 January 2018
Accepted: 8 January 2018
First Online: 18 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: This study was conducted using 28 female white New Zealand rabbits reared during the experiment in the Animal facility of the Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Sofia, Bulgaria. The animals were reared and handled in accordance with the Bulgarian Veterinary Law (25/01/2011) regarding the life conditions and welfare of experimental animals, which is adapted to the European Union regulation 86/609. The National Ethics commission for animals approved all experimental protocols of the planned institutional projects for the periods 2013–2018, in accordance with the Bulgarian Veterinary Law (Regulation N20/01.11.2012 based on the Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes in the Member States) and granted the “Permission for using animals in the experiments” (N84/04.10.2013, expiry date 04.10.2018).
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest..