Riaz, Muhammad
Qadir, Halima
Noman, Muhammad
Ahmed, Sagheer
Shah, Fawad Ali
Malik, Muhammad Usman
Bashir, Kashif
Farooq, Umar
Irshad, Nadeem
Article History
Received: 5 December 2025
Revised: 7 March 2026
Accepted: 20 March 2026
First Online: 7 April 2026
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: Study was conducted after approval from Bioethics Committee (BEC), of Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan, granted authorized No.# BEC-FBS-QAU 2024-601 governed under the ARRIVE guidelines, the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research.