Obi, Chukwunonso Francis https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6997-7707
Aneru, Ganiyu E. https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7616-487X
Okpala, Michael I. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-3489
Oyiga, Tobias C.
Agidigide, Joseph
Ezeokonkwo, Romanus C. https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3140-2293
Ezeh, Ikenna O. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1771-0044
Idika, Idika K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2842-541X
Onah, Denchris N. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3468-9814
Article History
Received: 27 December 2024
Accepted: 30 April 2025
First Online: 15 May 2025
Declarations
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: Approval for animal experimentation was secured from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (FVM-UNN-IACUC-2023–09/118). Also, the birds were handled following the stipulated principles guiding the use and care of laboratory animals in biomedical research.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.