Zheng, Wen-Bin
Qiu, Hui-Jie
Xiao, Han-Dan
Zou, Yang
Zhu, Xing-Quan
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province (20210302124496)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (32202841)
State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention (SKLVEB2021KFKT013)
the Research Fund of Shanxi Province for Introduced High-level Leading Talents (RFSXIHLT202101)
the Special Research Fund of Shanxi Agricultural University for High-level Talents (2021XG001)
Article History
Received: 21 September 2023
Accepted: 24 April 2024
First Online: 9 May 2024
Declarations
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: The experimental procedure was reviewed and approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Approval No. 2018-015). The puppies used in this study were handled in accordance with good animal practices required by the Animal Ethics Procedures and Guidelines of the People's Republic of China as well as with the ARRIVE guidelines. All efforts were made to alleviate suffering and minimize the number of animals used in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The corresponding author Prof. Xing-Quan Zhu serves as the Subject Editor for the section “Parasite genetics, genomics and proteomics” of Parasites & Vectors.