Okello, Ivy http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-5621
Mafie, Eliakunda
Nzalawahe, Jahashi
Eastwood, Gillian
Mboera, Leonard E. G.
Hakizimana, Jean Nepomuscene
Ogola, Kennedy
Funding for this research was provided by:
Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology-Regional Scholarship Innovative Fund (PhD Scholarship)
Article History
Received: 13 May 2022
Accepted: 3 November 2022
First Online: 28 November 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization-Biotechnology Research Institute (protocol code No. (4/325/III/9). An informed consent was solicited from the owners of the cattle whose blood samples were collected from. The animal study was approved by Director of Veterinary Services in Kenya Ref MOALF/SDL/DVS/DS/RES/77 and Sokoine University of Agriculture provided research clearance permit Ref SUA/ADM/R.1.