Maaskant, Annemiek https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5385-9906
Blees, Niels R.
Smits, Antoine
Corbee, Ronald J.
Bakker, Jaco
Langermans, Jan A. M.
Remarque, Edmond J.
Article History
Received: 12 November 2024
Revised: 16 April 2025
Accepted: 12 May 2025
First Online: 20 May 2025
Declarations
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: All animals were housed following Dutch law and international ethical and scientific standards and guidelines (EU Directive 63/2010). All procedures and husbandry were compliant with the above standards and legislations. No interventions other than those required for veterinary care were performed on these animals. Therefore, following the law on animal experiments and the EU directive, no approval from the competent authorities was required. Nevertheless, additional approval was obtained from the institutional animal welfare body (IvD 018A). The BPRC is accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) International.
: Not applicable.
: Kasper Faunafood (Woerden, The Netherlands) and Altromin Spezialfutter GmBH (Lage, Germany) kindly sponsored the diets used in this study. The sponsors had no role in the study design; in the sample collection, analyses or data interpretation; in the writing of the manuscript, nor in the decision to publish the results.