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Article History

Received: 13 January 2020

Accepted: 3 June 2020

First Online: 12 June 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Not applicable. All the milk samplings were performed during the mastitis monitoring program regularly practiced by the local veterinary practitioner; for this reason, such approval by institutional ethics committee was not necessary. Nevertheless all the clinical actions performed during the study abide by the common good clinical practices [], moreover the farmer involved was previously informed and in agreement about purposes and methods of the present investigation and a verbal approval have been received.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The authors affiliated with the private company did not influence in anyway the outcomes of the study. They were only involved in conceptual aspect and design of the study and reviewing of the final version of the manuscript. The company that he represents adheres to the Good Publication Practice guidelines for pharmaceutical companies (GPP3) ensuring that the publication is produced in a responsible and ethical manner.