Riconoscimenti

Per l’aiuto nella stesura di questo articolo, desidererei ringraziare i seguenti scienziati e veterinari: Gregory Lewbart (NC State Univ. in Raleigh); Roy Yanong (Univ. of Florida); Michael Kent (Oregon State Univ.); Joseph Falkinham III (Virginia Polytechnic Institute.); Angelo Colorni (Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Israel); and Ivo Pavlik (Veterinary Research Institute, Czech Republic).

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