Figueiredo, Ana M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2623-6340
Dashti, Alejandro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8707-5731
Maloney, Jenny G. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-883X
Molokin, Aleksey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4571-7641
George, Nadja S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8681-3544
Köster, Pamela C. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5963-8824
Bailo, Begoña https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9453-9431
de las Matas, Ana Sánchez https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2606-6342
Habela, Miguel Ángel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0019-5798
Rivero-Juarez, Antonio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5813-6889
Vicente, Joaquín https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8416-3672
Serrano, Emmanuel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9799-9804
Arnal, Maria C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6770-3400
de Luco, Daniel Fernández https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3289-4267
Morrondo, Patrocinio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7171-7162
Armenteros, José A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8776-1299
Balseiro, Ana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5121-7264
Cardona, Guillermo A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4156-4174
Martínez-Carrasco, Carlos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8742-0109
Torres, Rita T. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4570-459X
Fonseca, Carlos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6559-7133
Mysterud, Atle https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8993-7382
Carvalho, João https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3166-450X
Calero-Bernal, Rafael https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2323-0135
González-Barrio, David https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5083-8854
Santín, Mónica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1386-6255
Carmena, David https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-8553
Funding for this research was provided by:
Centro de Estudos Ambientais e Marinhos, Universidade de Aveiro (FCT/MCTES (UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020+ LA/P/0094/2020))
Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI19CIII/00029)
Programa Operacional Temático Factores de Competitividade (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030310, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028204)
LIFE programme (LIFE17 NAT/PT/000554)
Council of Barcelona (13/051, 15/0174, 16/0243, 16/0243-00-PR/01)
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (CGL2012- 40043-C02-01, CGL2012-40043- C02-02)
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (CGL2016-80543-P PID2020-115046GB-I00)
Agricultural Research Service (8042-32000-112-00-D)
Article History
Received: 11 February 2025
Accepted: 19 May 2025
First Online: 9 July 2025
Declarations
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: Sampled animals were legally hunted under Spanish, Portuguese and EU (RD 8/2003, RD 173/99, 38/2020; 202/2004, 24/2018) legislation. All the hunters had hunting licenses, and no animal was hunted for the project’s sake but for the annual hunting activities following the abovementioned legislation. Professional personnel collected the faecal samples from hunter-harvested wild ruminants during the regular hunting seasons.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.