Fiore, Enrico
Faillace, Vanessa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2087-590X
Morgante, Massimo
Armato, Leonardo
Gianesella, Matteo
Article History
Received: 22 January 2020
Accepted: 8 September 2020
First Online: 15 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Collection of samples of rumen fluid and ultrasound examinations from beef cattle was conducted during clinical investigations with the written consent of the animals’ owner during the routinely clinical activity of the Ruminant Clinic of the Padua University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Padua. In accordance with the European Parliament and Council normative 2010/63/UE (22nd September 2010) on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes and with the National Guidelines of Italian Ministry of Health for the care and use of animals (D.L. 4 March 2014 n. 26 and D.L. 27 January 1992 n.116) the non-experimental clinical veterinary practice is excluded from the scope of legislation and therefore ethical approval was not required for this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.