Loreck, Katharina
Mitrenga, Sylvia
Heinze, Regina
Ehricht, Ralf
Engemann, Claudia
Lueken, Caroline
Ploetz, Madeleine
Greiner, Matthias
Meemken, Diana
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (276 03 201 000 1121)
Article History
Received: 26 September 2019
Accepted: 10 March 2020
First Online: 6 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Blood and meat were sampled from pigs at the slaughter line of abattoirs after professional abattoir personnel had performed a regular slaughter process in accordance with European Animal Welfare Regulations for Slaughter. The sampling did not affect the release of the carcass for human consumption.
: Not applicable.
: The contribution of Abbott (Alere Technologies GmbH), Jena, Germany and Indical Bioscience GmbH, Leipzig, Germany to this paper were purely scientific. The microarrays manufactured at Abbott (Alere Technologies GmbH) as well as the antigens produced by Indical Bioscience GmbH were sold at cost price to the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. The antigens manufactured by IDvet, Grabels, France and Institut Virion-Serion GmbH, Wuerzburg, Germany were offered free of charge for test purposes. Abbott (Alere Technologies GmbH) and Indical Bioscience GmbH made no financial contribution other than continuing salary payments for authors RH and CE. None of the authors have any financial or personal relationship that could inappropriately influence or bias the content of the paper. No other competing interests exist.