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Article History

Received: 2 August 2019

Accepted: 16 December 2019

First Online: 21 December 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: All experimental procedures and the care of the animals complied with the Italian legislation on animal care (Legislative decree n.26, 03/03/2014) and adhered to the internal rules of University of Perugia. The approval for conducting this study was also granted by the Practitioner responsible of breeding centers without a request to ethical committee because the samples were collected as part of breeding soundness evaluation of mares. The owners of the mares gave us written consent to use the data freely for research purpose. None of the animals was sacrificed for this study, after samples collection they continued to be used for reproductive purposes of for equestrian leisure.

: Not applicable.

: The Authors have no personal interest, direct or indirect, in any matter that raises or may raise a conflict and declare that they have no financial competing interests. Authors Lakamy Sylla and Giuseppe Stradaioli, as Associate Editors, had no role in the editorial process.