Teixeira, Helena
Salmona, Jordi
Arredondo, Armando
Mourato, Beatriz
Manzi, Sophie
Rakotondravony, Romule
Mazet, Olivier
Chikhi, Lounès
Metzger, Julia
Radespiel, Ute
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hannover Graduate School for Veterinary Pathobiology, Neuroinfectiology and Translational Medicine
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (ME 4517/2-1, RA 502/20-1, RA 502/20-3)
ERA-NET BiodivERsA
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (#01LC1617A)
Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover (TIHO)
Article History
Received: 10 May 2021
Accepted: 18 October 2021
First Online: 2 November 2021
Declarations
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: The samples used in these study stem from wild mouse lemur populations. Therefore, sample collection took place in Madagascar. Our research proposal was submitted to the Malagasy research and conservation authorities (Madagascar National Parks, Ministère de l’Environnement et des Forêts de Madagascar and Committee for Environmental Research) before the field work, and all scientific methods and ethical aspects of trapping and sampling were approved by them (Permission Number: No 78/17/MEEF/SG/DGF/DSAP/SCB.Re). The field work took place as initially planned and it was in full agreement with the legal requirements of Madagascar and with the ethical guidelines of the International Council of Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Policy Statement on Research Involving Species at Risk of Extinction, and the Principles for the Ethical Treatment of Non-Human Primates of the American Society of Primatologists. All capture and handling procedures followed routine protocols and were approved by the Malagasy Authorities and by the Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover.
: Mouse lemur illustrations copyright 2013 Stephen D. Nash / IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group. Used with permission.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.