Dauben, Christina M.
Pröll-Cornelissen, Maren J.
Heuß, Esther M.
Appel, Anne K.
Henne, Hubert
Roth, Katharina
Schellander, Karl
Tholen, Ernst
Große-Brinkhaus, Christine
Funding for this research was provided by:
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank (FKZ 28-RZ-3-72.038, FKZ 28-RZ-3-72.038)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Article History
Received: 24 April 2021
Accepted: 9 September 2021
First Online: 5 October 2021
Declarations
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: All applicable international, national, and institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. Animals were reared on the BHZP nucleus herds in compliance with national regulations pertaining to livestock production and according to the procedures approved by the German Animal Protection Law (TierSchG). These animals are not to be considered as experimental animals as defined in EU directive 2010/63 and the Animal Protection Law (TierSchG). Blood sampling was performed by veterinarians as part of the routinely health and hygiene monitoring of the BHZP nucleus herds according to the Pig Keeping Hygiene Requirements Ordinance (SchHaltHygV) § 7 (1) Sentence 2. There was no need for ethical approval of this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.