Raposo, A. C.
Lebrilla, C. B.
Portela, R. W.
Goonatilleke, E.
Neto, F. A. Dórea
Oriá, A. P. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5093-6841
Article History
Received: 25 April 2020
Accepted: 27 July 2020
First Online: 7 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by and registered at the System of Authorization and Information on Biodiversity (protocol no. 27489) and by the National System of Management of Genetic Heritage (protocol no. A1F8C27), both part of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, and by the Ethics Committee on Animal Experimentation of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnology of UFBA (protocol no. 72/2016) who allowed to use the animals. All procedures were conducted in compliance with the Association for Vision and Ophthalmology Research (ARVO) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the use of animals in eye and ophthalmic research. In addition, at all stages involving contact with the animal, minimally invasive maneuvers were performed to reduce stress and pain.
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: Arianne Oriá is member of the editorial board (Associate Editor) of BMC Veterinary Research. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.