Identification and characterisation of Gamma-herpesviruses in zoo artiodactyla.

"the sequences generated in this work have been deposited in the ncbi database under accession numbers from pp346672 to pp346689 ."

"Declarations Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Institutional review board statementEthical review and approval were waived for this study due to the use of post-mortem samples collected during routine investigations. Blood samples were collected for diagnostic purposes as an Act of Veterinary Surgery and surplus used in this study as specified by the Virus Surveillance Unit of the Moredun Research Institute terms and conditions. Informed consentNot applicable. Conflict of interestThe authors declare no conflict of interest. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of interest The authors declare no conflict of interest."

"Funding This research was funded by the University of Milano, Grant Number FUN_DOTT2023_37_II_Bianchessi. EF self-funded his own sabbatical at the Moredun Research Institute."