Balboni, Andrea https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8049-6645
D’Incau, Mario
Zamagni, Silvia
Lucchese, Laura
Mazzotta, Elisa
Marchione, Silvia
Battilani, Mara
Natale, Alda
Funding for this research was provided by:
Italian Ministry of Health (RC IZS VE 16/12, RC IZS VE 16/12, RC IZS VE 16/12, RC IZS VE 16/12, RC IZS VE 16/12)
Article History
Received: 9 January 2023
Accepted: 10 March 2023
First Online: 16 March 2023
Declarations
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: Ethical approval were waived for this study, because only blood samples taken by clinicians from owned dogs for diagnostic purposes and surplus material derived from blood samples taken by clinicians from kennel dogs undergoing neutering surgery sampled to perform pre-operative profile tests or from donor dogs sampled to perform pre-donation screening tests were used. For all dogs, blood sampling was performed following owner or legal manager of the kennel consent.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.