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Kolesnik, Ekaterina
Hyndman, Timothy H.
Müller, Elisabeth
Pees, Michael
Marschang, Rachel E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0578-8963
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Article History
Received: 1 February 2019
Accepted: 29 July 2019
First Online: 6 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The animal trial from which the tissues used for testing were obtained has been described by Pees et al. [] and met all local as well as international guiding principles for biomedical research, and was approved by the local authority (Landesdirektion Sachsen) and discussed in the associated ethics committee (Tierschutzkommission Leipzig). The application was submitted with the identification number TVV 61/13 and was fully approved on Feb 26, 2014. The authority’s approval is based on the following national laws and regulations: Tierschutzgesetz §8, Tierschutz-Versuchstierverordnung.
: Not applicable.
: Three of the authors (EK, EM, REM) are employed by a commercial veterinary laboratory offering diagnostic testing, while a fourth (THH) is employed by a University that also offers veterinary diagnostic testing. This employment did not influence study design, interpretation, or manuscript preparation.
