Kaden, Rene http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2111-9751
Ferrari, Sevinc
Jinnerot, Tomas
Lindberg, Martina
Wahab, Tara
Lavander, Moa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Myndigheten för Samhällsskydd och Beredskap (Anslag 2:4 Krisberedskap)
Article History
Received: 21 November 2017
Accepted: 7 May 2018
First Online: 5 June 2018
Ethics approval
: All the samples were taken for this study according to EU directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. Bovine semen and bovine vaginal e-swab were remaining lab samples from standard care of the animal obtained by veterinary standard procedures from living animals. Bovine placenta was taken after a common birth. This requires no ethical approval. Stomach content was provided by the Lövsta slaughterhouse in Uppsala, Sweden from a cow which was euthanized for food production only. Defibrinated sheep blood was obtained from Thermo Fischer Scientific. No animal was euthanized for the purpose of this study.
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