Lima, Clara M.
Felgueiras, Óscar
Brito, Margarida
Carbonara, Mariaelisa
Otranto, Domenico
Magalhães, Andreia
Ferreira, Rui
Tavares, Joana
Cardoso, Luís
da Silva, Anabela Cordeiro
Santarém, Nuno
Funding for this research was provided by:
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (PhD scholarship 2020.07306.BD)
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (UIDB/00144/2020)
Elanco Animal Health
European Social Fund within the Human Potential Operating Programme (2021.04285.CEECIND/CP1663/CT0004)
Article History
Received: 8 January 2026
Accepted: 14 February 2026
First Online: 16 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted under the scope of project no. 385/2020 approved by the Ethics Committee and Body Responsible for Animal Welfare (ORBEA), ICBAS, University of Porto, Portugal.
: Not applicable.
: Luis Cardoso is a Guest Editor for the 19th and 20 th Symposia Symposium on Companion Vector-Borne Diseases (CVBD) collection and was not involved in the peer review of this manuscript. The authors have no other competing interests.