Takeshima, Shin-nosuke
Ohno, Ayumu
Aida, Yoko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16H02590)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K08039)
the Strategic Improvement project of the national Surveillance and Diagnosis system for Animal
Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (16817983)
Special Scheme Project on Vitalizing Management Entities of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (16930548)
Article History
Received: 25 March 2019
Accepted: 8 May 2019
First Online: 16 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All animals were handled by veterinarians from the veterinary officers of the prefectural Livestock Hygiene Service Centers, and RIKEN, Japan in strict accordance with good animal practice following the guidelines of RIKEN. The study was approved by the RIKEN Animal Experiments Committee (approval number H29-2-104).
: Signed informed consents were obtained from the study subjects
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.