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    "Parque Villa Dolores, Intendencia de Montevideo 3 , Montevideo, Uruguay",
    "Department of Biology, University of Turku 4 , Turku, Finland",
    "Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne 5 , Lausanne, Switzerland",
    "Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne 6 , Lausanne, Switzerland",
    "The Sense Research and Innovation Centre 7 , Lausanne, Switzerland",
    "Department of Ecology and Evolution, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 8 , Uppsala, Sweden",
    "Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 9 , Uppsala, Sweden",
    "Núcleo de Bienestar Animal, Universidad de la República, Facultad de Veterinaria 10 , Montevideo, Uruguay"
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  "title": "Under pressure: personality, behavioural and physiological responses to handling in captive Addax nasomaculatus antelopes",
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