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Authors
Xie, Yue
Zhao, Bo
Hoberg, Eric P.
Li, Mei
Zhou, Xuan
Gu, Xiaobin
Lai, Weimin
Peng, Xuerong
Yang, Guangyou
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT0848)
Research Fund for the Chengdu Research of Giant Panda Breeding (CPF2012-13)
High-level Scientific Research Foundation for the Introduction of Talents of Sichuan Agricultural University (03120322)
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Article History
Received: 4 July 2018
Accepted: 6 September 2018
First Online: 20 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Sichuan Agricultural University (Ya’an, China; approval no. 2011-028). All parasite samples were collected with the permission of the zoos, and all procedures were performed in compliance with the “Guidelines and Recommendations for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China” and “Wild Animal Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China” (released in 1989). Additional details of animal welfare and steps taken to ameliorate suffering were in accordance with the recommendations of the Weatherall report, “The use of non-human primates in research”. During the study, no animal died or was sacrificed.
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