About the Authors

Augustine Arukwe

arukwe@bio.ntnu.no

Affiliation Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway

Randi Røsbak

Affiliation Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway

Aina O. Adeogun

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Håkon A. Langberg

Affiliation Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway

Annette Venter

Affiliation Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa

Jan Myburgh

Affiliation Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa

Christo Botha

Affiliation Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa

Maura Benedetti

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Francesco Regoli

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Competing Interests

The experiments/procedures described in this paper are conducted in accordance with the laws and regulations controlling experiments with life animals in South Africa (where the experiment was conducted). The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA JM CB. Performed the experiments: AA JM RR AV FR MB. Analyzed the data: AA HAL RR AOA FR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA FR. Wrote the paper: AA RR HAL JM CB AOA MB AV FR.