Okamoto, Keitaro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-758X
Umeno, Tadashi
Shuto, Takashi
Wada, Tomoyuki
Anai, Hirofumi
Nishida, Haruto
Nakayama, Yasuhide
Miyamoto, Shinji
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (16675053)
Article History
Received: 13 October 2020
Accepted: 7 April 2021
First Online: 15 April 2021
Declarations
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: Adult Saanen goats were purchased from Inoue Farm (Gunma, Japan). An approval/permission from the farm owner to use the animals was not necessary. All animals were cared in accordance with the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals”, published by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH publication No. 85 − 23, revised 1996) and the ARRIVE guidelines. Oita University Animal Ethics Committee approved the protocols (OITA-R022001) used in the present study.
: Not applicable.
: Yasuhide Nakayama is the employee of Biotube Co., Ltd. Keitaro Okamoto, Tadashi Umeno, Takashi Shuto, Tomoyuki Wada, Hirofumi Anai, and Shinji Miyamoto declare that they have no conflicts of interest.