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Article History
Received: 7 December 2025
Accepted: 26 May 2026
First Online: 6 June 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Approval to conduct the experiments on rats was granted by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee under reference number FVM-UNN-IACUC-2019–0920. The ethical protocols for animal care and usage established by the University of Nigeria were meticulously adhered to, while also complying with relevant national and international regulations.
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