Smith, Steve
Fusani, Leonida
Boglarka, Balint
Sanchez-Donoso, Ines
Marasco, Valeria http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2981-7909
Funding for this research was provided by:
Start-up funds University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (704582)
Article History
Received: 25 September 2017
Revised: 6 July 2018
Accepted: 18 July 2018
First Online: 3 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: Animal procedures were performed in compliance with the Italian and Austrian legislation with approval of the Istituto Sperimentale Zootecnico per la Sicilia (ISZS), the Ethics Committee of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, and the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW-68.205/0037-WF/V/3b/2017). Sampling and handling of the wild quails fulfilled the ethics recommendations of the European Union and the Spanish legislation.