Vlasblom, Abel A.
Patel, Shriram
Lawlor, Peadar G.
Claesson, Marcus J.
Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel
Eckenberger, Julia
Huseyin, Chloe E.
Elend, Christian
Wagenaar, Jaap A.
Zomer, Aldert L.
Duim, Birgitta
Article History
Received: 19 July 2024
Accepted: 4 December 2025
First Online: 8 January 2026
Declarations
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: The protocols for sampling pig noses were approved by the Animal Ethical Committee of Utrecht University, the Netherlands (Declaration no. 111218). In Ireland, Ethical approval for the study was granted by the Teagasc Animal Ethics Committee (approval no. TAEC207-2018) and the project was authorized by the Irish Health Products Regulatory Authority (project authorization no. AE19132/P094). The experiment was conducted in accordance with EU standards (European Directive 2010/63/EU), the legislation for commercial pig production set out in the European communities (welfare of farmed animals), and in Irish legislation (SI no. 311/2010).Approval for materials collected were described previously in Vlasblom et al . , 2024 (10.1128/msystems.00626-24).For current work no approval was required.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.