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Authors
Arnaut, Pedro Righetti
da Silva Viana, Gabriel
da Fonseca, Lucimauro
Alves, Warley Junior
Muniz, Jorge Cunha Lima
Pettigrew, James Eugene
e Silva, Fabyano Fonseca
Rostagno, Horácio Santiago
Hannas, Melissa Izabel
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Article History
Received: 27 November 2020
Accepted: 22 March 2021
First Online: 9 April 2021
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: All animal care and used procedures were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (CEUAP, UFV, Viçosa, Brazil) under protocol n.<sup>0</sup> 111/2014, prior to the beginning of the trials, including euthanasia by cervical dislocation, where all efforts were made to minimize suffering. Birds were not anesthetized prior to euthanasia. The birds used in the current research were obtained from a local commercial hatchery (Rivelle, Mateus Leme, Minas Gerais State, Brazil). The hatchery is a facility which unique purpose is to obtain profit from the sale of broiler chicks, which may be used either for research or commercial purposes.
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: JEP contracts with Alltech, the supplier of the selenium yeast used in this experiment, to supervise this research. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
