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  2. Kynetec. (2018). Global Veterinary Topics: Quantitative Results.

  3. Oriach, C. S., Robertson, R. C., Stanton, C., Cryan, J. F., & Dinan, T. G. (2016). Food for thought: The role of nutrition in the microbiota-gut-brain axis. Clinical Nutrition Experimental, 6, 25–38. 

  4. Kynetec. (2018). Global Veterinary Topics: Quantitative Results.

  5. Oriach, C. S., Robertson, R. C., Stanton, C., Cryan, J. F., & Dinan, T. G. (2016). Food for thought: The role of nutrition in the microbiota-gut-brain axis. Clinical Nutrition Experimental, 6, 25–38. 

  6. Kynetec. (2018). Global Veterinary Topics: Quantitative Results.