About the Authors

Nicola Decaro

nicola.decaro@uniba.it

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Pierfrancesco Pinto

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Viviana Mari

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Gabriella Elia

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Vittorio Larocca

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Michele Camero

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Valentina Terio

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Michele Losurdo

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Vito Martella

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Canio Buonavoglia

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ND V. Martella CB. Performed the experiments: PP V. Mari GE VL MC VT ML. Analyzed the data: ND PP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: V. Mari MC ML. Wrote the paper: ND.