van Zyl, Christiaan De Wet http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8883-471X
van Reenen, Mari http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5856-3258
Osthoff, Gernot http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1008-4602
du Preez, Ilse http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5456-3931
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation (85939)
University of the Free State (27241)
North-West University
North-West University
Article History
Received: 14 October 2022
Accepted: 22 March 2023
First Online: 30 March 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study complied to the guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogy, the Animals Research Ethics of the University of the Free State (UFS-AED2016/0106), and the permission to do research in terms of Sect. 20 of the Animal diseases act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984) of South Africa (permit reference 12/11/1/4).