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. 2022 Jan 6;3:100050. doi: 10.1016/j.fsirep.2022.100050

Erratum regarding missing Ethical Statements and Declaration of Competing Interest Statements in previously published articles

PMCID: PMC9680085

Ethical Statements and Declaration of Competing Interest Statements were not included in the published version of the following articles that appeared in previous issues of Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports.

The appropriate Ethical Statements and Declaration/Competing Interest Statements, provided by the Authors, are included below:

Ethical Statement: We used histological preparations and archival tissue, we have not participated in the capture and subsequent euthanasia of the animals. As it was originally a study for the diagnosis of diseases of mandatory OIE declaration, the capture was carried out by the Animal Health Service of Argentina (SENASA), who was authorized by the Animal Use Ethics Commission (CEUA) with the process 23116.008567 / 2010-95.

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    “Does the heterotrophic system influence the cellular immune response of Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp? In vitro phagocytosis indices and superoxide anion production comparisons” [Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports, 2021, 100009] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsirep.2021.100009

Ethical Statement: The research was conducted at Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas from Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and was approved by Ethics Committee of the institute.

Ethical Statement: The animals were maintained in accordance with the guidelines of the Science Council of Dalian Ocean University, and all experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Dalian Ocean University.

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    “Identification and characterization of two highly homologous lysozymes from red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii” [Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports, 2021, 100017] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsirep.2021.100017

Ethical Statement: Approved by The Tab of Experimental Ethical Inspection of Laboratory Animal Centre, Shandong Agriculture University, ID Number – SDAUA-2022-132

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    “Characterization and functional analysis of tandem threonine containing C-type lectin (Thr-Lec) from the ridgetail white prawn Exopalaemon carinicauda” [Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports, 2021, 100018] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsirep.2021.100018

Ethical Statement: The experimental animal Exopalaemon carinicauda used in this study belong to low-grade invertebrates, which are not protected by regulations or law. Researchers are familiar with the animal methods involved in the experiments. The number of experimental animals is controlled in a reasonable range. The Animal Ethical and Welfare Committee (AEWC) of Nanjing Normal University believed that the formal ethical is not required in this study after a preliminary review.

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    “Different expression pattern of thrombospondin gene in the presence and absence of β-glucan fed Penaeus monodon challenged with white spot syndrome virus” [Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports, 2021, 100020] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsirep.2021.100020

Ethical Statement: All the animal experiments conducted in this present study were in accordance with ethical standards. The defense genes project was a bilateral funded project (DST-BELSPO and the DBT)

Indian funding agencies, do not require the ethical committee clearance for the use of invertebrates like crustaceans (shrimps, prawns, etc), molluscs (clams, mussels, oysters, etc), Drosophila, etc in their experiments.

Hence ethical committee clearance has not been obtained separately.

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    “Histopathology of head kidney tissues in challenged rohu, Labeo rohita Hamilton after vaccinating with Aeromonas hydrophila antigens” [Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports, 2021, 100025] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsirep.2021.100025

Ethical Statement: We have used commonly available popular fish sp (Rohu), which is not an endangered sp or not under the wildlife protection act of India, 1972. For our experiment, we have taken prior permission from West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences authorities. And during the investigation, we didn't harm any animals under the Wildlife protection act, 1972.

Ethical Statement: We used histological preparations and archival tissue, we have not participated in the capture and subsequent euthanasia of the animals. As it was originally a study for the diagnosis of diseases of mandatory OIE declaration, the capture was carried out by the Animal Health Service of Argentina (SENASA), who was authorized by the Animal Use Ethics Commission (CEUA) with the process 23116.008567 / 2010-95.

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    “Characterization and functional analysis of hybrid pearl gentian grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus♂ × Epinephelus fuscoguttatus♀) complement C3 against Cryptocaryon irritans infection” [Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports, 2021, 100032] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsirep.2021.100032

Ethical Statement: All animal protocols were reviewed and approved by the Animal Administration and

Ethics Committee of College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University. The study was performed in strict compliance with the recommendations set forth in the Animal Ethics Procedures and Guidelines of the People's Republic of China. All efforts were made to minimize animal suffering and to reduce the numbers of animals used in the experiments.

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    “Identification and functional characterization of a systemic RNA interference defective 1 gene in Litopenaeus vannamei” [Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports, 2021, 100033] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsirep.2021.100033

Ethical Statement: I certify that this manuscript is original and has not been published and will not be submitted elsewhere for publication while being considered by FSIREP. And the study is not split up into several parts to increase the quantity of submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal over time. No data have been fabricated or manipulated (including images) to support your conclusions. No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were our own. The submission has been received explicitly from all co-authors. And authors whose names appear on the submission have contributed sufficiently to the scientific work and therefore share collective responsibility and accountability for the results.

Declaration of Competing Interest Statement: We declare that we have no financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that can inappropriately influence our work, there is no professional or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service and/or company that could be construed as influencing the position presented in, or the review of the manuscript.

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    “BigPEN, an antimicrobial peptide of penaeidin family from shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei with membrane permeable and DNA binding activity” [Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports, 2021, 100034] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsirep.2021.100034

Ethical Statement: All authors declare there are no conflicts of interests. The research on live animals meets the guidelines approved by the Animal Ethical Committee of the School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University.

Ethical Statement: All animal experiments in the study were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources (Project licence number TIO-IACUC-04-2019-03-20). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.

Declaration of Competing Interest Statement: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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