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Article History

Received: 30 September 2019

Accepted: 13 July 2020

First Online: 10 August 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was conducted in an INRA experimental unit in Guadeloupe that has an Accreditation to Experiment (n°A971802). This involves staff being trained in experimentation and animal welfare. All samples used in this study were collected from Creole goat kids. The animals were treated in accordance with the guidelines and regulations for animal experimentation of the French Ministry of Agriculture. The project (APAFIS#5527-2016050608133139v2) was approved by the by the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research under the advice of the Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments N°069 (Comité d’Ethique en Matière d’Expérimentation Animale des Antilles et de la Guyane (CEMEA-AG)). It is a joint committee of INRA (French National Institute for Agricultural Research), CIRAD (The French agricultural research and international cooperation organization) and UA (University of Antilles).

: Not applicable.

: Data supporting the conclusions of this article are included within the article. Raw data are available upon request from the corresponding author.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.