Espírito-Santo, Carlos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3315-9072
Alburquerque, Carmen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3202-4560
Cavalheri, Thaís https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8579-5903
Guardiola, Francisco A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1018-5446
Ozório, Rodrigo O. A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3533-3126
Magnoni, Leonardo J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8449-6071
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UI/BD/150911/2021, UIDB/04423/2020)
Universidade do Porto
Article History
Received: 30 March 2025
Accepted: 15 August 2025
First Online: 28 August 2025
Declarations
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: The experiments in the present study were conducted following the ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) Guidelines for Reporting Animal Research. The experimental protocol was approved by the Animal Welfare and Ethics Body Committee of CIIMAR (Protocol # 0421/000/000/2020) with final authorization from the Portuguese General Directorate for Food and Veterinary Medicine. No mortality or welfare issues occurred during the study or in any of the tests implemented.
: The authors declare no competing interests.