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Valentina Kubale1 , Emma Cousins2 , Clara Bailey2 , Samir A.A. El-Gendy3 and Catrin Sian Rutland2 \*

1 Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2 School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

3 Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt

\*Address all correspondence to: catrin.rutland@nottingham.ac.uk

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