Schares, Gereon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3217-289X
Joeres, Maike https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7855-8579
Rachel, Franziska https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6530-8645
Tuschy, Mareen
Czirják, Gábor Á. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9488-0069
Maksimov, Pavlo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9457-0658
Conraths, Franz J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7400-9409
Wachter, Bettina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0414-2298
Funding for this research was provided by:
Horizon 2020 (773830)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG Research Training Group (GRK) 2046)
Messerli-Stiftung
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit
Article History
Received: 12 February 2021
Accepted: 22 March 2021
First Online: 14 April 2021
Declarations
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: All experimental procedures, including animal immobilisation and sample collection, were approved by the Internal Ethics Committee of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) (permit number 2002-04-01) and authorised by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism of Namibia (permit numbers 1514/2011 and 1689/2012). Samples were transported to Germany in full compliance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). All experiments were carried out in compliance with the approved guidelines of the IZW and the laws of Germany and Namibia.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.