Cárdenas-Sandoval, Rosy P. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8491-9599
Pastrana-Rendón, Homero F.
Avila, Alba
Ramírez-Martínez, Angélica M.
Navarrete-Jimenez, Myriam L.
Ondo-Mendez, Alejandro O.
Garzón-Alvarado, Diego A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá (DIB-Universidad Nacional de Colombia-2014)
COLCIENCIAS (Grant 712-2015)
Scholarship Francisco Jose de Caldas (567)
COLCIENCIAS (910-2015 -110171250457)
Universidad del Rosario
Article History
Received: 15 February 2022
Revised: 24 August 2022
Accepted: 1 October 2022
First Online: 28 November 2022
Declarations
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: We obtained Lateral Collateral Ligaments (LCLs) from two male Wistar rats sacrificed in the animal research facility of the Pharmacy Faculty. They were sacrificed for exhibiting aggressive behavior. According to international regulations for laboratory animals, a zoologist specialist sacrificed the Wistar rats by using a faster CO<sub>2</sub> euthanasia method to decrease distress time. For this reason, an anesthetic protocol was unnecessary. After the research completion, it was not necessary to sacrifice other rats. Finally, the ethics committee of the Faculty of Sciences at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Protocol Number: FC-13–01082016) approved the research protocols.
: The authors declare no competing interests.