Shearwin-Whyatt, Linda
Fenelon, Jane
Yu, Hongshi
Major, Andrew
Qu, Zhipeng
Zhou, Yang
Shearwin, Keith
Galbraith, James
Stuart, Alexander
Adelson, David
Zhang, Guojie
Pyne, Michael
Johnston, Stephen
Smith, Craig
Renfree, Marilyn
Grützner, Frank
Funding for this research was provided by:
Australian Research Council (DP210103512, DP210103512)
Article History
Received: 20 May 2024
Accepted: 17 March 2025
First Online: 27 May 2025
Declarations
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: Wild short-beaked echidnas were obtained and maintained under the Queensland Government EPA scientific purposes permit (WISP153546614). The University of Queensland Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee approved all sampling for echidnas and the University of Melbourne Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee approved all sampling of platypuses, in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Guidelines (2013) []. Ethics approval was not required for the chicken experiments.
: The authors declare no competing interests.