Voulgarakis, Nikolaos http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5567-1328
Gougoulis, Dimitrios http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9229-3151
Psalla, Dimitra http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1539-4124
Papakonstantinou, Georgios http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3434-0877
Katsoulos, Panagiotis-Dimitrios http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8443-8645
Katsoulis, Konstantinos http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2432-183X
Angelidou-Tsifida, Mariana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8191-2161
Athanasiou, Labrini http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8723-2629
Papatsiros, Vasilleios http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4955-0460
Christodoulopoulos, Georgios http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2692-8910
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agricultural University of Athens
Article History
Received: 12 August 2023
Accepted: 4 October 2023
First Online: 9 October 2023
Declarations
:
: The research was carried out in compliance with existing animal welfare regulations (Directive 98/58/EC) and was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Thessaly, Greece (protocol number 151/16-05-2021). Throughout the experiment, no modifications were made to their diet or treatment for experimental purposes.
: The authors affirm that there are no financial or personal relationships, nor any other conflicts of interest, that could potentially exert undue influence or bias the content of this paper. Funding for essential materials, integral to the first author’s PhD studies, was generously provided by the Clinical Veterinary Medicine Department, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Thessaly.
: Informed written consent was acquired from the farm proprietors.
: Our study does not involve the use of individual personal data. The farm owners granted written consent for the publication of data pertaining to their farms in a journal article.
: The authors declare no competing interests.