Pareyn, Myrthe http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8918-3901
Hendrickx, Rik
Girma, Nigatu
Hendrickx, Sarah
Van Bockstal, Lieselotte
Van Houtte, Natalie
Shibru, Simon
Maes, Louis
Leirs, Herwig
Caljon, Guy
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad (NDOC2016PR003)
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (1136417N, 12I0317N)
Universiteit Antwerpen (TT-ZAPBOF 33049)
Article History
Received: 14 February 2020
Accepted: 21 May 2020
First Online: 1 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The used chicken skins were obtained from day-old male chicks of a layer breed (Verpymo, Poppel, Belgium). The euthanasia of the chicken and use of laboratory rodents were carried out in strict accordance with all mandatory guidelines (EU directives, including the Revised Directive 2010/63/EU on the Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes that came into force on 01/01/2013, and the declaration of Helsinki in its latest version). All animal handling was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Antwerp, Belgium (UA-ECD 2016–54 (2-9-2016)). Hyrax trapping and sample collection in Ethiopia were conducted with authorization of the appropriate institutional authorities. Handling of the animals was carried out according to the 2016 Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for use of small mammals in research and education.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.