Harl, Josef http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4915-3943
Himmel, Tanja
Valkiūnas, Gediminas
Ilgūnas, Mikas
Nedorost, Nora
Matt, Julia
Kübber-Heiss, Anna
Alic, Amer
Konicek, Cornelia
Weissenböck, Herbert
Funding for this research was provided by:
Austrian Science Fund (P 29628)
Article History
Received: 12 October 2021
Accepted: 9 December 2021
First Online: 5 January 2022
Declarations
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: The collection of blood samples from living birds was approved by the institutional ethics and animal welfare committee and the national authority according to §§ 26ff. of Animal Experiments Acts, Tierversuchsgesetz TVG 2012, Austria (BMWFW- 68.205/0036-WF/V/3b/2017). The samples collected by the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (University of Sarajevo) were taken from carcasses submitted for routine pathological examinations. No birds were killed for the present study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.