Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro
Gallois, Mélanie
Fontugne, Mélanie
Allain, Eléonore
Denoual, Myriam
Moutailler, Sara
Devillers, Elodie
Zientara, Stephan
Memmi, Marc
Chauvin, Alain
Agoulon, Albert
Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel
Chartier, Christophe
Article History
Received: 4 October 2018
Accepted: 12 December 2018
First Online: 3 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was carried out on commercial dairy goat farms and therefore on private land. On the basis of an accurate description of the objectives of the study and its design, the owners of the land (the farmers) gave permission to conduct the study on their farm with their animals, agreed to follow the sampling protocol and to participate in the handling of goats. No other permission was required. No goat was sacrificed for the purposes of the study and the field study did not involve endangered or protected species. The epidemiological survey did not involve harm or cruelty to animals.
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