**Author details**

Salvatore Claps<sup>1</sup> \*, Roberta Rossi<sup>1</sup> , Adriana Di Trana<sup>2</sup> , Maria Antonietta di Napoli<sup>2</sup> , Daniela Giorgio2 and Lucia Sepe<sup>1</sup>

\*Address all correspondence to: salvatore.claps@crea.gov.it

1 CREA Research Centre for Animal Production and Aquaculture, Bella, Italy

2 School of Agricultural, Forest, Food and Environmental Science SAFE, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

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