Zeng, Shuqin
Bick, Jochen
Ulbrich, Susanne E.
Bauersachs, Stefan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2450-1216
Funding for this research was provided by:
China Scholarship Council
Article History
Received: 5 February 2018
Accepted: 6 June 2018
First Online: 14 June 2018
Ethics approval
: Treatments of gilts were performed in accordance with the regulations of the local authorities (District Government of Upper Bavaria, Veterinary Office). The performed standard procedures/treatments in animal breeding were all in accordance with the International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals, as proposed by the Society for the Study of Reproduction, with the European Convention on Animal Experimentation and with the German Animal Welfare Act.
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