Erasmus, Anja http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8505-8583
Hadfield, Kerry A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1308-6360
Wepener, Victor http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9374-7191
Smit, Nico J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7950-193X
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation (115413, 120403)
Article History
Received: 30 March 2022
Accepted: 16 September 2022
First Online: 7 October 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of AnimCare at the North-West University. All applicable international, national and/or institutional guidelines for the use and care of animals were followed. Research permits were obtained prior to sampling from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) (RES2018/35, RES2019/103 and RES2020/29) and South African National Parks (SANParks) (MALH-K/2016-005a). Ethical approval for collections were given to AE through the North-West University’s AnimCare (NWU-00440-16-A5 and NWU-0051-19-A5).