Thepa, Tebogo Letsukulo Percy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5964-5776
Tyasi, Thobela Louis https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3519-7806
Ng’ambi, Jones Wilfred https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2998-837X
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Limpopo
Article History
Received: 20 October 2025
Accepted: 23 April 2026
First Online: 8 May 2026
Declarations
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: Guidelines for the care and use of animals were approved by the Animal Research Ethics Committee of University of South Africa. The study was performed according to ethical standards.
: Not applicable.
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: Guidelines approved University of South Africa’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Animal Research Ethics Committee were followed in the conduction of this study.
: The authors have no relevant financial or nonfinancial interests to disclose.