Schurink, Anouk http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0933-474X
da Silva, Vinicius H.
Velie, Brandon D.
Dibbits, Bert W.
Crooijmans, Richard P. M. A.
Franҫois, Liesbeth
Janssens, Steven
Stinckens, Anneleen
Blott, Sarah
Buys, Nadine
Lindgren, Gabriella
Ducro, Bart J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
FP7 Research for the Benefit of SMEs (606142)
European Commission
Article History
Received: 26 September 2017
Accepted: 19 July 2018
First Online: 30 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Hair samples from both cases and controls were collected with a written informed consent of the horse’s owner. It was considered that there was no need for an Animal Care and Ethics Committee approval according to the Dutch law after consultation with the Animal Experiment Expert from Wageningen University & Research. The Animal Welfare Officer thought it was not an animal experiment as referred to in the Dutch Act on Animal Experiments.
: Not applicable.
: Richard PMA Crooijmans is a Deputy Section Editor for BMC Genetics. As for the rest, there are no competing interests.
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