Klećkowska-Nawrot, Joanna E. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1154-8736
Goździewska-Harłajczuk, Karolina http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4412-1966
Barszcz, Karolina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5061-1967
Stegmann, Krzysztof O. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8048-8031
Article History
Received: 20 September 2023
Accepted: 20 June 2024
First Online: 2 July 2024
Declarations
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: Ethics approval is not applicable under the Animal Protection Act of January 15, 2015 (Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland - Journal of Laws 2015 item 266) and in accordance with current European legislation (Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of September 22, 2010, on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes - Official Journal of the European Union L 276/33). The study utilized specimens collected by the Department of Animal Anatomy. Personal permits issued by the District Veterinary Officer in Wroclaw (Poland) were obtained post-mortem (No. PIW Wroc. UT-45/5/16 – Dr. Joanna Klećkowska-Nawrot, No. PIW Wroc. UT-45/6/16 – Dr. Karolina Goździewska-Harłajczuk). All procedures complied with the relevant Polish regulations (Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland, Animal Protection Act of January 15, 2015, on the protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes). No animals or humans are identifiable within this publication, and therefore, additional informed consent for publication was not required. The authors adhere to the IUCN Policy Statement on Research Involving Species at Risk of Extinction and the Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.