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Authors
Vargas-Castro, Ignacio
Crespo-Picazo, José Luis
Jiménez Martínez, Mª Ángeles
Marco-Cabedo, Vicente
Muñoz-Baquero, Marta
García-Párraga, Daniel
Sánchez-Vizcaíno, José Manuel
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ignacio Vargas-Castro is the recipient of an FPU grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. (FPU18/01499)
This work was supported by a collaborative agreement involving the Fundación Oceanogràfic (Valencia) and the VISAVET Center of Complutense University of Madrid.
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Article History
Received: 6 February 2023
Accepted: 25 July 2023
First Online: 10 August 2023
Declarations
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: The Oceanogràfic Foundation is part of the Stranding Network thanks to an agreement between the “Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias” and the “Conselleria de Infraestructuras, Territorio y Medio Ambiente” by which the rights of veterinary assistance are transferred to the Oceanogràfic Foundation in cases of stranded sea turtles and cetaceans. This agreement includes the rights to euthanize animals when necessary, perform necropsies in collaboration with the University of Valencia, and the collection of samples from the carcasses of stranded cetaceans. In the collection of post-mortem tissues for research purposes, the approval of the corresponding ethics committee is not required. Additionally, the field study did not involve endangered or protected species.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
