Neila-Montero, Marta
Alvarez, Mercedes
Riesco, Marta F.
Soriano-Úbeda, Cristina
Montes-Garrido, Rafael
Palacin-Martinez, Cristina
de Paz, Paulino
Anel, Luis
Anel-Lopez, Luis
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional (FPU17/04142)
Junta de Castilla y León (ORDEN EDU/556/2019)
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (PRE2018-086400)
Article History
Received: 22 April 2024
Accepted: 31 July 2024
First Online: 12 August 2024
Declarations
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: Animal manipulations were performed in accordance with the Guidelines of the European Union Council (2010/63/EU), following Spanish regulations (RD/1386/2018) for the protection of laboratory animals. All experimental procedures were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of León (ETICA-ULE-050-2022). The Itra-ULE research group obtained permission to use the rams under a collaboration framework agreement between the University of León and Ovigén for joint research projects. Artificial insemination procedures were performed within a commercial program for the improvement of the Assaf breed with the farmers’ informed consent by ASSAF.E.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.