van Staden, Cailin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0080-0230
Finger-Baier, Karin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-2768
Weinshenker, David https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3678-6215
Botha, Tarryn L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7156-5936
Brand, Linda https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6504-1645
Wolmarans, De Wet https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-4869
Funding for this research was provided by:
North-West University
Article History
Received: 18 July 2024
Accepted: 6 February 2025
First Online: 26 February 2025
Declarations
: This study was approved by the Animcare Research Ethics Committee of the NWU (approval number: NWU-00754–22-A5; Committee Registration Nr. AREC-130913–015; Approval date: 01 June 2022). All procedures were in accordance with the rules and guidelines stipulated by the South African National Standard 10,386:2021 “The care and use of animals for scientific purposes”. Further, all animal experiments complied with the ARRIVE guidelines.
: The authors declare no competing interests.