dos Santos, Fábio Abade
Duarte, Margarida D.
Caçote, António
Lourenço, António
Maroco, Diogo
Varela, Ana Rita
Bonifácio, Luís
Pimpão, Miguel
Henriques, Margarida
Duarte, Ana
Barros, Sílvia C.
Article History
Received: 8 April 2025
Accepted: 4 July 2025
First Online: 11 July 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in full compliance with all relevant institutional and national guidelines and regulations, as well as the ARRIVE guidelines. Serum samples from domestic animals (cattle and sheep) were obtained as part of routine veterinary surveillance activities conducted under official animal health programs, and no animals were specifically handled or sampled for the purpose of this research. Serum samples from wild Cervidae (red deer) were obtained from animals legally hunted during the official hunting season, in compliance with national wildlife and hunting regulations. No animals were euthanized specifically for this study.