*2.6. Animal Welfare*

This study was conducted in accordance with the regulation for use of animals in experiments, adopted by the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and approved by the Ethics Commission on Animal Use by the Norwegian Food and Safety Authority, application number (FOTS ID) 12274 on 03.04.2017. It complies with the EU Directive 2010/63/EU on the use of experimental animals, which was incorporated to the EEA Agreement in May 2015.
