Brinke, Ines
Große-Brinkhaus, Christine http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6190-4463
Roth, Katharina
Pröll-Cornelissen, Maren J.
Henne, Hubert
Schellander, Karl
Tholen, Ernst
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (2817904115, 2817904115)
Article History
Received: 5 December 2019
Accepted: 28 May 2020
First Online: 8 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: These animals and the scientific investigations described herein are not to be considered as experimental animals per se as defined in EU directive 2010/63 and subsequent national application texts. Consequently we did not seek ethical review or approval of this study regarding the use of experimental animals. All animals were reared on the BHZP nucleus herd in compliance with national regulations pertaining to livestock production and according to the procedures approved by the German animal protection law. As the BHZP GmbH is a member of the FBF e.V. written consent is given through a cooperation agreement with the FBF e.V.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.