Dahl, Sarah-Alica http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8300-6982
Seifert, Jana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7690-8539
Camarinha-Silva, Amélia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7814-6569
Cheng, Yu-Chieh
Hernández-Arriaga, Angélica http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9980-4695
Hudler, Martina http://orcid.org/0009-0001-8786-800X
Windisch, Wilhelm http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5714-2702
König, Andreas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9232-5026
Funding for this research was provided by:
Technische Universität München
Article History
Received: 24 April 2023
Accepted: 21 September 2023
First Online: 24 October 2023
Declarations
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: Roe deer are in Germany a considered game species according to the Federal Hunting Act, paragraph 2, section 1 and are therefore ownerless. The roe deer samples were obtained in the course of regular hunting seasons and outside these. Samples taken outside the regular hunting season were based on a lifted closed season, according to Article 33 subparagraph 5 of the Bavarian Hunting Act in conjunction with § 22 subparagraph 1 sentence 3 of the Federal Hunting Act. District Council of Rottal am Inn, Fn: 31-7512-01/13 and Fn: 31-7512-02/13; District Council of Starnberg Fn: 7512/311.2W; District Council of Munich Fn: 5.3-750/Hei; District Council of Haßberge Fn: 1/2-751/1-1; District Council of Traunstein Fn: 5.351-7512-830/860; District Council of Aschaffenburg Fn: 41.3-7533; District Council of Oberallgäu Fn: LRA OA-7512-WE/Ze; District Council of Schwandorf Fn: 4.14-750/120329 and 4.14-750/120327.
: The authors declare no competing interests.