de Buhr, Nicole
Martens, Alexander
Meurer, Marita
Bonilla, Marta C.
Söbbeler, Franz
Twele, Lara
Neudeck, Stephan
Wendt, Michael
Beineke, Andreas
Kästner, Sabine
von Köckritz-Blickwede, Maren
Funding for this research was provided by:
Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover (TIHO)
Article History
Received: 14 March 2021
Accepted: 10 June 2021
First Online: 28 June 2021
Declarations
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: The handling and treatment of all animals were conducted in strict accordance with the principles outlined in the EU Directive 2010/63/EU and the German Animal Protection Law (Tierschutzgesetz). All application techniques and sampling of blood conducted in this study were in line with the recommendations of the German Society for Laboratory Animal Science (Gesellschaft für Versuchstierkunde) and the German Veterinary Association for the Protection of Animals (Tierärztliche Vereinigung für Tierschutz e. V.) (ExternalRef removed /index.html).Part A: Euthanasia of pigs was approved and registered by the local Animal Welfare Officer at University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover in accordance with the German Animal Welfare Law under number TiHo-T-2019-14.Part B: This part of this study was approved by the authorities in the committee on animal experiments of the Lower Saxonian State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LAVES), Lower Saxonian, Germany under the registration number 33.8-42502-04-18/2879.
: The authors declare no competing interests.