About the Authors
- Mery Giantin
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mery Giantin, Anna Granato
* E-mail: mery.giantin@unipd.it
Affiliation Dipartimento di Biomedicina Comparata e Alimentazione, Università di Padova, Legnaro (Padova), Italy
- Anna Granato
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mery Giantin, Anna Granato
Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (Padova), Italy
- Chiara Baratto
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Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (Padova), Italy
- Laura Marconato
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Affiliation Centro Oncologico Veterinario, Sasso Marconi, Bologna, Italy
- Marta Vascellari
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Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (Padova), Italy
- Emanuela M. Morello
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Torino, Grugliasco (Torino), Italy
- Antonella Vercelli
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Affiliation Ambulatorio Veterinario Associato, Torino, Italy
- Franco Mutinelli
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Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (Padova), Italy
- Mauro Dacasto
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Biomedicina Comparata e Alimentazione, Università di Padova, Legnaro (Padova), Italy
Competing Interests
The Centro Oncologico Veterinario and Ambulatorio Veterinario Associato are not commercial companies, rather private practices. Laura Marconato is not an employee of the Centro Oncologico Veterinario, rather a free-lance consulting there. Antonella Vercelli is a free-lance professional working in Ambulatorio Veterinario Associato. In any case, there are no restrictions on sharing of data and/or materials. They declare no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MG AG MD. Performed the experiments: MG CB. Analyzed the data: MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG. Wrote the paper: MG MD. Collected cases and performed the histological classification of the samples: MV FM AV. Collected cases and follow up data: LM EMM AV.