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Pacheco, Letícia G. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7803-6746
Sakomura, Nilva K.
Suzuki, Rafael M.
Dorigam, Juliano C. P.
Viana, Gabriel S.
Van Milgen, Jaap
Denadai, Juliana C.
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2015/25717-0, 2013/25761-4)
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Received: 21 June 2018
Accepted: 30 October 2018
First Online: 22 November 2018
Ethics approval
: All animal care procedures were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (UNESP, Jaboticabal, Brazil) under protocol n.<sup>0</sup> 9999/14, prior to the beginning of the trials, including euthanasia by carbon dioxide asphyxiation, where all efforts were made to minimize suffering. Birds were not anaesthetized prior to euthanasia. The birds used in current research were obtained from a local commercial hatchery (Pluma Agroavicola Hatchery, Descalvado, São Paulo State, Brazil). The hatchery is facility, whose unique purpose is obtaining profit from the sale of broiler chicks, which may be used either for research or commercial purposes. The São Paulo State Research Foundation was responsible for funding the acquisition of the birds used in this research (Process number - 2013/25761–4).
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