Cox, Karen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8621-3773
Verschaeve, Leen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1717-9003
van den Brand, Judith M. A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8420-5406
Huysentruyt, Frank https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3071-9126
Article History
Received: 18 June 2025
Revised: 6 November 2025
Accepted: 27 November 2025
First Online: 16 December 2025
Declarations
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: DNA samples from beavers were collected either from carcasses or as by-products during animal marking procedures where all applicable institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. The sampling and handling of the animals were in line with a derogation on the Decision of the Flemish Government on species protection and species management of 15 May 2009 and later amendments to that legislation (permit ANB/BL/FF-V19-00209–212 issued by the Agency for Nature and Forests (ANB)).
: The authors declare no competing interests.