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Mariana Esteves Vieira Branquinho1,2, Ana Rita Caseiro1,2,3, Sílvia Santos Pedrosa1,2, Rui Damásio Alvites1,2 and Ana Colette Maurício1,2\*

\*Address all correspondence to: ana.colette@hotmail.com

1 Veterinary Clinics Department, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto (UP), Porto, Portugal

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2 Centro de Estudos de Ciência Animal (CECA), Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente (ICETA) of the Porto University, Porto, Portugal

3 REQUIMTE/LAQV, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials, Engineering College, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
