About the Authors

Sidnei Ferro Costa

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Brazil

Vinícius Oliveira Gomes

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Animal Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Brazil

Marilene Oliveira dos Santos Maciel

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Animal Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Brazil

Larissa Martins Melo

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Animal Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Brazil

Gabriela Lovizutto Venturin

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Animal Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Brazil

Jaqueline Poleto Bragato

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Animal Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Brazil

Gabriela Torres Rebech

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Animal Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Brazil

Catiule de Oliveira Santos

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Laboratory of Structural and Molecular Pathology (LAPEM), Rua Waldemar Falcão, Candeal, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Bárbara Maria Nascimento de Oliveira

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Laboratory of Structural and Molecular Pathology (LAPEM), Rua Waldemar Falcão, Candeal, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Geraldo Gileno de Sá Oliveira

Contributed equally to this work with: Geraldo Gileno de Sá Oliveira, Valéria Marçal Felix de Lima

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

ggileno@bahia.fiocruz.br/ggsoliveir@gmail.com (GGdSO); valeria.lima@unesp.br (VMFdL)

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Laboratory of Structural and Molecular Pathology (LAPEM), Rua Waldemar Falcão, Candeal, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Valéria Marçal Felix de Lima

Contributed equally to this work with: Geraldo Gileno de Sá Oliveira, Valéria Marçal Felix de Lima

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ggileno@bahia.fiocruz.br/ggsoliveir@gmail.com (GGdSO); valeria.lima@unesp.br (VMFdL)

Affiliation Department of Animal Clinic, Surgery and Animal Reproduction, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.