Peruffo, Antonella
Corain, Livio
Bombardi, Cristiano
Centelleghe, Cinzia
Grisan, Enrico
Graïc, Jean-Marie
Bontempi, Pietro
Grandis, Annamaria
Cozzi, Bruno http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7531-7040
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (2015Y5W9YP)
Article History
Received: 27 January 2019
Accepted: 3 May 2019
First Online: 14 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: All the brains used in the present study were collected from sheep slaughtered at commercial abattoirs for meat production and commerce. Under these conditions, no ethical approval is required. However, the sheep were treated according to the European Community Council directive (86/609/EEC) concerning animal welfare during the commercial slaughtering process, and constantly monitored under mandatory official veterinary medical care. Furthermore, although not required for this study, the national ethical commission (Ministry of health authorization n_457/2016-PR) approved the general study design of the funded project (Grant # 2015Y5W9YP from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research to BC, including also LC, AP, CB, EG, and J-MG.), which was created in compliance with Italian legislation on animal experiments.