Funding for this research was provided by:
Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas (2016-00979)
Article History
Received: 28 October 2019
Accepted: 24 June 2020
First Online: 29 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The authors confirm that the ethical policies of the journal, as noted on the journal’s author guidelines page, have been adhered to and the appropriate ethical review committee approval has been received. All animal studies were approved by the ethical committee of Uppsala 2017-02-10 (Dnr 5.8.10–00431/2017) and the owners of the herds gave informed consent prior to the start of the study. The pigs included in the research were purchased from the farms and thus the farmers’ provided a verbal informed consent to sell the pigs for the research purpose stated. This procedure was approved by the Uppsala Ethical committee before the start of the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest involved in the completion of this study.