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Authors and Affiliations

1. Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého 1946/1, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic

   Petr Cizek & Pavla Hamouzova

2. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého 1946/1, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic

   Pavla Hamouzova

3. Department of Biostructure and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 1 Kożuchowska Street, 50-631, Wrocław, Poland

   Karolina Goździewska-Harłajczuk & Joanna Klećkowska-Nawrot

4. Zoo Ljubljana, Večna pot 70, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

   Pavel Kvapil

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