Raulf, Marie-Kristin
Raue, Katharina
Rohdich, Nadja
Zschiesche, Eva
Raue, Jonathan
Merhof, Kristina
Volk, Holger A.
Schnyder, Manuela
Morelli, Simone
Traversa, Donato
Roepke, Rainer K. A.
Strube, Christina
Article History
Received: 31 January 2024
Accepted: 3 April 2024
First Online: 24 April 2024
Declarations
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: Animal husbandry and handling complied with the European Commission guidelines for the accommodation of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes. The study has been permitted by the ethics commission of the Animal Care and Use Committee of the German Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Niedersaechisches Landesamt fuer Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit) approved under reference number 33.19-42502-04-20/3523. The Italian Ethical committee CEISA (Committee on Animal Research and Ethics of the Universities of Chieti-Pescara, Teramo L’Aquila and of the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Abruzzo-Molise) and the Italian Ministry of Health (Ministero della Salute, Direzione Generale Sanità Animale e dei Farmaci Veterinari) approved the activities on experimental infected snails and the larvae collection from naturally infected cats under reference numbers UNCHD12 n. 311B-11/07/2018 and DGSAF 0018252-P-24/07/201, respectively.
: NR, EZ and RKAR are employees of MSD Animal Health. CS declares that she repeatedly has lectured for and acted as consultant for (veterinary) pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies and has previous and ongoing research collaborations with (veterinary) pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies. MKR, KR, DT and SM declare that there is no conflict with commercial interests. DT and SM declare that the snail infection and breeding has not coincided with other similar laboratory procedures for the cat lungworm <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i>.
: Not applicable.