Tůmová, Lenka
Ježková, Jana
Prediger, Jitka
Holubová, Nikola
Sak, Bohumil
Konečný, Roman
Květoňová, Dana
Hlásková, Lenka
Rost, Michael
McEvoy, John
Xiao, Lihua
Santín, Monica
Kváč, Martin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia (009/2022/Z, 005/2022/Z)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (3182010314)
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GACR 21-23773S)
Article History
Received: 20 April 2023
Accepted: 19 June 2023
First Online: 15 July 2023
Declarations
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: All experimental procedures complied with the laws of the Czech Republic (Act No. 246/1992 Coll., on the Protection of Animals against Cruelty). The study design was approved by the ethics committees of the BC CAS, the State Veterinary Administration and the Central Commission. Rodents were housed individually in ventilated cages (Tecniplast, Buguggiate, Italy). Chickens were housed in boxes. Squirrels and ferrets were housed in separate cages. The size of cages, boxes and aviaries was in accordance with Czech legislation (Act No. 246/1992 Coll. on the Protection of Animals from Cruelty) and European legislation.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Not applicable.