Aguilar-Díaz, Hugo
Nava-Castro, Karen E.
Escobedo, Galileo
Domínguez-Ramírez, Lenin
García-Varela, Martín
del Río-Araiza, Víctor H.
Palacios-Arreola, Margarita I.
Morales-Montor, Jorge http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9461-610X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (PAPIIIT IN208715)
Programa de Fondos Sectoriales CB-SEP, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (176803)
Article History
Received: 2 October 2017
Accepted: 7 February 2018
First Online: 9 March 2018
Ethics approval
: Animal care and experimentation practices at the School of Veterinary, UNAM, Cuautitlán, were evaluated and approved by the Institute’s Animal Care and Use Committee, and by governmental agencies, in strict accordance with the recommendations set forth in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health of the USA, to ensure compliance with established international regulations and guidelines. Pigs were euthanized to obtain parasites by expert veterinary surgeons that used sodium pentobarbital anesthesia according to previously approved protocols in an effort to reduce animal suffering.
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