Batista, Rosana Oliveira
Blank, Martina
Fracalossi, Débora Machado
Pettigrew, James Eugene
Schleder, Delano Dias
Funding for this research was provided by:
Instituto Federal De Educação, Ciência E Tecnologia Catarinense
Article History
Received: 7 January 2026
Accepted: 7 April 2026
First Online: 21 April 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the National Council for Control of Animal Experimentation (CONCEA) and was approved by the Ethic Committee on Animal Use of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (CEUA/UFSC) (protocol code: 3641231120).
: Not applicable.
: Declaration of competing interests This study was funded by Alltech, Inc. (USA) through a joint research alliance between Alltech (USA) and the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC‐Brazil). One of the authors is a consultor for Alltech through a committee containing both Alltech staff and UFSC staff, where the research project was developed and approved.