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Lopes, Ricardo
de Carvalho, Lima
Silva, Vanessa
Fernandes, Cátia
Lopes, Ana Patrícia
Duarte, Elsa Leclerc
Cardoso, Luís
Coelho, Ana Cláudia
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Article History
Received: 13 March 2026
Accepted: 10 June 2026
First Online: 22 June 2026
Declarations
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: All clinical procedures complied with the Portuguese legislation for the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (i.e., Decree-Law no. 113/2013, of 7 August 2013), which transposes European legislation (i.e., Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 22 September 2010). This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of CEDIVET Veterinary Laboratories (protocol code CEDIVET.005/2023), which ensured that all the analysed samples from veterinary medical centres were used anonymously in the scientific research related to this project.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interest.
