Sales-Oliveira, Vanessa C.
dos Santos, Rodrigo Zeni
Goes, Caio Augusto Gomes
Calegari, Rodrigo Milan
Garrido-Ramos, Manuel A.
Altmanová, Marie
Ezaz, Tariq
Liehr, Thomas http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1672-3054
Porto-Foresti, Fabio
Utsunomia, Ricardo
Cioffi, Marcelo B.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (401036/2022-7)
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Article History
Received: 11 August 2023
Accepted: 15 February 2024
First Online: 27 February 2024
Declarations
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: Blood samples were collected from free-living South American animals with the permission of the environmental agencies ICMBIO/SISBIO (License no 71857–7) and SISGEN (ABFF266). <i>Alligator sinensis</i> blood samples were obtained from lawfully housed animals in Europe (CITES certificate numbers EU 0228–1057/14, ES-CC-00041/07C, ES-CC-00036/07C, 50721–18, DE-DA190814-5, DE-DA190814-6). There were no major injuries to the animals, and all free-living individuals were returned to their respective collecting sites.
: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Ethics Committee on Animal Experimentation of the Universidade Federal de São Carlos (Process number CEUA 4617090919). Collections were done under the authorization of the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBIO), System of Authorization and Information about Biodiversity (SISBIO-License No. 71857–7), and National System of Genetic Resource Management and Associated Traditional Knowledge (SISGEN-ABFF266). Blood samples from <i>Alligator sinensis</i> came from animals legally kept in Europe (CITES certificate number EU 0228–1057/14, ES-CC-00041/07C, ES-CC-00036/07C, 50721–18, DE-DA190814-5, DE-DA190814-6).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.