Alvanou, Maria V.
Feidantsis, Konstantinos
Georgoulis, Ioannis
Apostolidis, Apostolos P.
Michaelidis, Basile
Giantsis, Ioannis A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
H.F.R.I. (3245)
Article History
Received: 17 July 2024
Accepted: 30 October 2025
First Online: 28 November 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethics approval for the experimental use of the study animal ( P. leptodactylus ) was granted by the University of Western Macedonia local ethics committee given the protocol code 102, whereas collection of samples was confirmed by the Administrative Region of Western Macedonia, Decision number 186559/28-11-2022. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations in the EU Directive on the protection of the use of animals for scientific purposes (2010/63/EU) and in accordance with ARRIVE guidelines.