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5. Filice F, Celio M.R., Szabolcsi V. (2017) JCN

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Animals and other organisms

Policy information about studies involving animals; ARRIVE guidelines recommended for reporting animal research

Laboratory animals Domestic canaries (Serinus Canaria), American Singer strain, males, older than 1 year.

Wild animals The study did not involve wild animals

Field-collected samples The study did not involved samples collected from the field

Ethics oversight All procedures were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Boston University (protocol numbers

14-028 and 14-029) with accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care

International.

Note that full information on the approval of the study protocol must also be provided in the manuscript.