Kalogirou, Thomas E. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7541-832X
Meditskou, Soultana
Davidopoulou, Sotiria
Savvas, Ioannis
Pitoulias, Apostolos G.
Pitoulias, Georgios A.
Article History
Received: 19 March 2019
Revised: 30 July 2019
Accepted: 30 July 2019
First Online: 7 August 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. This experimental study strictly met all the criteria and the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institute of Health. The protocol was approved by the National Committee of Agricultural Economy and Veterinary Medicine of Central Macedonia (Thessaloniki, 29 September 2015, Αριθμ. Πρωτ. 326491/2358) according to the 2010/63/EU directive of the European Parliament and of the Council (2 September 2010, on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes) and the relevant adaptation of the Greek law (L 276/33/20.10.2010, ΦΕΚ 106/τ.Ά/30.04.2013). All operations were performed in the veterinary clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki under general anesthesia, with the use of ketamine and/or sodium pentobarbital, induced by a veterinary anesthesiologist and all efforts were made to minimize suffering.
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