About the Authors

Barbara Padalino

barbara.padalino@uniba.it

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

Lydiane Aubé

Affiliation Laboratoires d'éthologie animale et humaine EthoS -University of Rennes, Rennes, France

Meriem Fatnassi

Affiliation Livestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute, Médenine, Tunisia

Davide Monaco

Affiliation Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (D.E.T.O.), Veterinary Clinics and Animal Production Section, University of Bari, Valenzano (Bari), Italy

Touhami Khorchani

Affiliation Livestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute, Médenine, Tunisia

Mohamed Hammadi

Affiliation Livestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute, Médenine, Tunisia

Giovanni Michele Lacalandra

Affiliation Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (D.E.T.O.), Veterinary Clinics and Animal Production Section, University of Bari, Valenzano (Bari), Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BP LA. Performed the experiments: BP LA MF DM. Analyzed the data: BP MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK GML. Wrote the paper: BP LA DM MH.