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1 Alura Animal Health and Nutrition, Bogota, Colombia

2 CIBAV Research Group, Faculty of Agrarian Sciences, University of Antioquia, UdeA, Medellin, Colombia

\*Address all correspondence to: lgomez@alura-ahn.com

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