About the Authors

Nicola Decaro

nicola.decaro@uniba.it

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

Vito Martella

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

Costantina Desario

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

Gianvito Lanave

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

Elena Circella

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

Alessandra Cavalli

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

Gabriella Elia

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

Michele Camero

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

Canio Buonavoglia

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ND VM CB. Performed the experiments: CD EC AC MC. Analyzed the data: ND GL GE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD AC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ND.