Updates are available Correction dated 2025-12-08
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Authors
Berger, Pia I.
Hermanns, Steffen
Schmelz, Friederike
Kerner, Katharina
Sperling, Daniel
Ewers, Christa
Bauerfeind, Rolf
Doherr, Marcus G.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Freie Universität Berlin
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Article History
Received: 24 May 2025
Accepted: 8 September 2025
First Online: 3 October 2025
Change Date: 9 December 2025
Change Type: Update
Change Details: The original online version of this article was revised: Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported that, in Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4, decimal points were mistakenly displayed as commas (e.g., “1,23” instead of “1.23”). The detailed list of corrections is is provided in erratum 10.1186/s12917-025-05166-0.
Change Date: 8 December 2025
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-025-05166-0
Declarations
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: At the time of the study implementation, Freie Universität Berlin did not have an Ethics Board with a mandate to approve non-invasive sampling as well as questionnaire-based collection of animal production data. The feasibility of the information to be collected was extensively discussed within the expert team of the institutions involved in the study design. Participation in the study was voluntary, and consent was given by the farm managers to use both the study samples and the data for the study. None of the questions was mandatory, and the data were anonymized for the statistical analysis and publication. Farm owners were not reimbursed but received the results of the laboratory tests obtained for their farm free of charge.
: Not applicable.
: Two of the authors (FS, DS) were employed by a commercial company (Ceva Santé Animale, Libourne, France). The same company supported the study financially. However, neither was authors´ employment dependent on the study nor did the company have any role in the conceptualization, design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific role of these authors is articulated in the ‘authors´ contributions’ section. The commercial affiliation of some of the authors does not alter our adherence to BMC Veterinary Research policies on sharing data and materials.
