Varella, Karina
Vilela, Roberto do Val http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3275-2648
Gentile, Rosana
Cardoso, Thiago dos Santos
da Costa-Neto, Sócrates Fraga
Maldonado Júnior, Arnaldo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (PPBioMA 457524/2012-0, 306352/2014-1)
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (E-26/111.296/2014)
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (16.03.37.062)
Article History
Received: 21 December 2021
Accepted: 16 April 2022
First Online: 13 June 2022
Declarations
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: Euthanasia of marsupials followed the guidelines of the Animal Care and Use Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists [CitationRef removed] and the Brazilian Guide to Good Practices for Euthanasia in Animals by the Ethics, Bioethics, and Animal Welfare Committee of Brazil’s Federal Council of Veterinary Medicine [CitationRef removed]. Permits for marsupial capture and handling were issued by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio/SISBIO, licence numbers 13373-1, 45839-1, and 63023-4); the Environment Foundation of Santa Catarina (FATMA, Environmental Authorization AuA 043/2014/GERUC/DPEC); the State Environmental Institute of Rio de Janeiro (INEA, licence number 020/2011); and the State Institute for the Environment and Water Resources of Espirito Santo (IEMA, Research Authorization GRN n° 026A-2017). Procedures were approved by the ethics committees on animal use of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (CEUA-FIOCRUZ, licence number LW-39/14, and CEUA-IOC, licence number L-036/2018).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.