Roth, Katharina
Pröll-Cornelissen, Maren Julia
Henne, Hubert
Appel, Anne Kathrin
Schellander, Karl
Tholen, Ernst
Große-Brinkhaus, Christine
Funding for this research was provided by:
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Article History
Received: 1 February 2023
Accepted: 16 August 2023
First Online: 28 August 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All applicable international, national, and institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. Animals were reared on the BHZP nucleus herds in compliance with national regulations pertaining to livestock production and according to the procedures approved by the German Animal Protection Law (TierSchG). These animals are not to be considered as experimental animals as defined in EU directive 2010/63 and the Animal Protection Law (TierSchG). The blood samples were not collected for this study. The data used for the current study has been already published in ExternalRef removed and ExternalRef removed. As the data were available from routine herd management, there was no need for ethical approval of this.As described in the previous studies, blood sampling was performed by veterinarians as part of the routinely health and hygienemonitoring of the BHZP nucleus herds according to the Pig Keeping Hygiene Requirements Ordinance (SchHaltHygV) § 7 (1) Sentence 2.
: Not applicable.