Vijayakumar, Parameswaran http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1345-586X
Cardeira, João
Laizé, Vincent
Gavaia, Paulo J.
Cancela, M. Leonor
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (PTDC/MAR/105313/2008, SFRH/BPD/39189/2007)
European Community (EC) through ASSEMBLE (FP7/227799)
Article History
Received: 1 August 2019
Accepted: 22 November 2019
First Online: 20 February 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: Animal handling and experimentation was performed by qualified operators legally accredited by the Portuguese Direção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária (DGAV) and following the EU and Portuguese legislation for animal experimentation and welfare (Directive 86/609/CEE and 2010/63/EU, Portaria 1005/92, 466/95 and 1131/97). Experimental procedures were performed under authorization (0421/000/000) from the DGAV, complying with the decreto de lei 113/2013 de 7 de Agosto, from the Portuguese legislation.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.