About the Authors

Débora A. F. V. A. Bezerra

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Academic Unit Specialized in Agricultural, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Macaiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Karoline M. S. Souza

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Biosciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Danielle C. Sales

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

daniellecsales@hotmail.com

Affiliation Academic Unit Specialized in Agricultural, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Macaiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Emmanuella O. M. Araújo

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academic Unit Specialized in Agricultural, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Macaiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Stela A. Urbano

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academic Unit Specialized in Agricultural, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Macaiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Claudio Cipolat-Gotet

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Katya Anaya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Cláudio V. D. M. Ribeiro

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Ana Lúcia F. Porto

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Morfology and Animal Fisiology Departament, Rural Federal University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Adriano H. N. Rangel

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academic Unit Specialized in Agricultural, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Macaiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.