Punia, Vikram
Das, Giridhari
Kumar, Suman
Verma, Rupesh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1151-6777
Nath, Subhradal
Choudhary, Raunak
Chourasia, Reetika
Nayak, Anju
Singh, Ajit Pratap
Article History
Received: 18 November 2025
Accepted: 7 January 2026
First Online: 13 January 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) in accordance with the guidelines of the CPCSEA, Government of India (Approval No. 35/IAEC/Vety./2022, dated 24/05/2022). Blood samples were collected as part of routine clinical diagnostic procedures with owner consent. This study is reported in accordance with the ARRIVE guidelines, as applicable to observational studies involving client-owned animals.